Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Liftoff•Redwood City, CA

1d•$141,000 - $205,000•Remote

About The Position

Liftoff’s Infrastructure Team builds tooling to manage and monitor thousands of servers running dozens of services. Its work includes host provisioning and configuration, rapid code deployment, service configuration and monitoring tools, and automated code testing and linting. The team owns much of the infrastructure powering real-time data pipelines that process hundreds of terabytes of data each day. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will own projects end to end and collaborate with a small team of experienced engineers. You will ship code frequently and observe its quantified impact on users and business revenue. The role is part of an engineering excellence culture focused on modern tools, risk-driven testing, explainable systems, and code review. You will have opportunities to develop expertise in Go and other open-source technologies. This is a remote-first role, eligible for full-time remote work in specified US states, with a preferred location in the Pacific Standard Time Zone. Employees are expected to attend in-person gatherings at least once per quarter. The role offers a compensation package including equity and health, vision, and dental benefits, with base pay varying by location and experience.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
At least 5 years of software engineering experience.
Strong coding ability; Go experience is a plus but not required.
Solid computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and system architecture.
Experience with a major cloud technology such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Experience building high-scale distributed systems and backend architectures.
Self-motivated, detail-oriented, eager to learn, and able to get things done.
Genuine interest in or experience debugging and troubleshooting complex distributed systems problems.

Nice To Haves

Expertise managing Kafka.
Expertise in data.
Experience with Go.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain infrastructure tooling for managing and monitoring servers and services.
Work on host provisioning and configuration, rapid code deployment, service configuration and monitoring, and automated code testing and linting.
Own projects end to end and collaborate with a small team of engineers.
Ship code frequently and assess its impact on users and business revenue.
Contribute to engineering excellence through risk-driven testing, explainable systems, and code review.
Attend in-person team gatherings at least once per quarter.