Senior Cloud/Backend Engineer

Triple Whale • Columbus, OH

3d • $160,000 - $187,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Triple Whale is seeking a Senior Cloud Backend Engineer to join their Infrastructure Team. This role involves solving complex problems, working with intricate details, assisting other developers, and taking ownership of systems from beginning to end. The position also includes participation in a weekend on-call rotation to ensure platform reliability. The ideal candidate is passionate about building scalable and reliable systems, enjoys tackling open-ended challenges, and has experience designing, building, and owning complex infrastructure.

Requirements

• Located in the New York tri-state area.
• 6+ years of experience as an independent backend or infrastructure engineer.
• Ability to design and build scalable, reliable systems.
• Strong communication skills.
• Hands-on builder mentality — this is a coding role.
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases.
• Experience with major Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure).
• Experience with streaming systems.
• Experience scaling large systems.
• Experience with message queues.
• Experience with monitoring systems like DataDog, Grafana, Groundcover.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git.
• Previous real-world experience in production on-call environments.
• Ability to quickly assess incidents, identify scope/root cause, and understand platform impact.
• Ability to classify severity and prioritize response appropriately.
• Solid judgment under pressure.
• Ownership mindset.

Nice To Haves

• GCP is an advantage.
• Kubernetes and Knative (production experience).
• ClickHouse.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and support service infrastructure in Kubernetes.
• Identify and build the right tools and technologies for major initiatives.
• Assist other teams and developers in designing robust and scalable systems.
• Scale and optimize multiple databases.
• Build internal tooling to accelerate developer velocity.
• Provide observability, monitoring, and visibility across systems.
• Participate in a shared on-call rotation (typically 1-2 times per month) covering Friday 7:00 AM ET through Saturday 5:00 PM ET.
• Act as the primary point of escalation for production issues during on-call rotations.
• Deploy safe production hotfixes when needed.
• Manage incident response from detection to mitigation to resolution.

Benefits

• Full internal training to understand architecture, operational flows, and incident procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed