Senior Software Engineer (Infra)

VSCO • San Francisco, CA

236d • $172,000 - $185,000

About The Position

We’re looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to help build the foundation that powers VSCO’s products and internal developer experience. You’ll join a small but impactful team responsible for reliability, scalability, and operational excellence. From shaping our AWS environment to building tooling that makes engineers more effective, your work will have a direct impact on VSCO’s ability to move fast while staying stable. You thrive on solving tough infrastructure problems, designing elegant automation, and improving systems that scale. You’re also someone who enjoys collaborating across teams and bringing a sense of ownership to everything you do.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, backend, or site reliability engineering
• Skilled in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Go, Python, Java, etc.)
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and incident response practices
• Understanding of system design principles and experience applying them at scale
• Demonstrated commitment to growth, both personal and organizational—actively seeking to extend your knowledge and share it with others
• Experience with Linux operating systems (specifically Amazon Linux)
• Excellent communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience with the Hashicorp tool suite (Vagrant, Terraform, Packer, Consul)
• Experience with MongoDB, MySQL, Cassandra, DynamoDB, etc.
• Comfortable/Experienced with programming languages like Go, PHP, NodeJS, Java, Ruby, Python
• Experience with Configuration Management (Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Salt)
• Experience with CI/CD, Jenkins and/or other automation tools
• Experience monitoring and debugging high volume distributed systems
• A passion for photography, visual storytelling, or creative communities
• BS in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for infrastructure stability and uptime
• Develop and improve internal tools for automation
• Build next-generation operations on AWS with tools like Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Collaborate with engineering teams to design, implement and improve our infrastructure and tools
• Participate in our on-call rotation responding to production issues
• Work closely with other teams to design and maintain backend services and systems
• Partner with Product Management, Design, and Engineering teams to support product initiatives

Benefits

• A virtual first workplace with bi-annual company-wide travel events to connect and play
• Competitive Salary & Equity
• Healthcare insurance, vision, dental insurance for employees and families
• Flexible Time Off
• Company-paid parental, medical and caregiver leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees