Software Engineer, Platform (Partner 16, Partner 18)

a16z•San Francisco, CA

11d•$269,000 - $352,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Join Frontiers, a team of experienced individual contributors building internal software tools for Andreessen Horowitz’s investing and operations teams. In this developer-experience-focused role, you will own and improve the internal developer platform, support its adoption, and contribute to the team’s broader product portfolio. You will own infrastructure and tooling used by the team and its partners. Frontiers operates like an internal startup, maintaining a close feedback loop with users across the firm. You will understand colleagues’ pain points, reduce friction in their workflows, and build platforms and tools that help them build more quickly and confidently. You will work closely with fellow engineers and teams throughout the firm, including the Cybersecurity team, and have opportunities to learn about venture capital and work with the investing partnership. The role requires an in-office presence 2–3 days per week at the San Francisco, California office. It is open at the Software Engineer (Partner 16) and Senior Software Engineer (Partner 18) levels. The anticipated salary range is $269,000–$314,000 for Software Engineer (Partner 16) and $301,000–$352,000 for Senior Software Engineer (Partner 18). Final compensation depends on overall experience, technical depth, and interview performance. The role is eligible for the a16z carry program, discretionary bonus programs, and benefit and perquisite plans.

Requirements

At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
Proficiency in Python 3, Rust, or similar backend languages, and willingness to learn new technologies.
Track record of defining and shipping developer platforms or internal tooling that measurably improved engineering velocity.
Excitement about working directly with a diverse user group with varying technical backgrounds.
Experience deploying services on at least one major cloud platform: GCP, AWS, or Azure.
Experience with containerized services such as Docker.
Exposure to CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, CircleCI, or similar.
Experience working with production SQL databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
Experience in environments that value rapid iteration, code quality, and operational excellence.
Strong problem-solving skills, solid technical fundamentals, and a get-it-done mentality.
Low ego, high empathy, and the capacity to collaborate effectively with diverse teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Kubernetes.
NoSQL experience, such as Elasticsearch.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code concepts such as Terraform or Pulumi.

Responsibilities

Contribute to and improve the developer platform, which supports a diverse set of applications.
Work with colleagues to understand, review, and assist with varied project use cases.
Build and maintain shared tooling, templates, and internal libraries that accelerate development across the firm’s products.
Support observability, monitoring, and alerting so engineers can self-serve when production issues arise.
Collaborate with the Cybersecurity team to help ensure developer workflows meet security and compliance requirements.
Write and maintain developer documentation, onboarding guides, and runbooks.
Ship iterative improvements and incorporate user feedback to improve the developer experience.
Own assigned projects and services from development through production support, taking on increasing autonomy over time.
Write clear, well-structured, maintainable code.
Contribute to positive interactions and inclusive collaboration.
Stay curious about tools, technologies, and approaches relevant to infrastructure and developer productivity.
Learn about venture capital and work closely with the investing partnership.