Senior Software Engineer (Backend) - Content Lake Developer Experience

We are seeking a senior software engineer to join our team at Sanity Studio. The role involves working on the development of our Content Lake backend, focusing on building highly scalable and performant distributed systems. The ideal candidate should have expertise in back end languages, SQL and NoSQL database technologies, and experience in operating distributed systems at scale. As a senior member of the team, you will be responsible for the technical direction and delivery of our work, solving complex scalability problems and building cutting-edge features.

Building highly scalable, performant distributed systems providing core content creation and querying capabilities

Solving challenging scalability problems such as serving millions of requests a minute while keeping content up to date and fresh

Experimenting and exploring how to cache smarter and use search store more effectively

Writing a novel indexing solution from scratch

Having a deep understanding of database technologies and the ability to solve highly complex, ambiguous problems

Building cutting edge features such as Content Source Maps to enable customers to harness the power of a composable content cloud

Creating the Content Source Maps open standard

Owning the technical direction and delivery of work as a senior member of the team

Having a knack for identifying and implementing improvements to enhance the platform's flexibility and robustness

• Highly skilled in at least one back end language
• Expert in SQL and NoSQL database technologies
• Track record for operating distributed systems at scale
• Experience in building and running distributed microservice applications at scale
• Ability to solve highly complex, ambiguous problems
• Deep understanding of database technologies
• Ability to drive the design and development of valuable product increments
• Experience in leading critical incidents responses and fixing complex defects
• Knowledge of coding standards and ability to champion them
• Ability to coach teammates and provide technical mentorship
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to identify project risks and mitigate them early
• Ability to break down work into manageable tasks
• Ability to balance addressing technical debt and new feature work

• Positive, flexible, and trust-based work environment
• Location options: Oslo, Norway office or remote work from Europe, East Coast in the US, or Canada
• Paid parental leave, healthcare, and vacation days
• A healthy work-life balance with flexible work hours
• Competitive salary and stock options program
• Commitment to equal employment opportunity and diversity