Staff Software Engineer, Storage Platform

You will design and evolve the core infrastructure that underpins storage systems. You will lead complex distributed systems initiatives such as horizontal sharding, proxy-based query routing, connection pooling, and cross-shard transactions. You will improve database reliability, performance, and cost efficiency across multi-region deployments and build control plane automation to manage databases and caching clusters at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement distributed storage systems, including sharding strategies, query routing layers, and database proxy services
• Improve availability, failover, and disaster recovery capabilities across multi-region deployments
• Build and enhance control plane automation that manages thousands of databases and caching clusters at scale
• Optimize database performance and throughput by analyzing query patterns, improving connection pooling, and implementing observability standards
• Partner with product and infrastructure teams to standardize how services connect to Postgres, NoSQL, and caching systems while meeting regulatory and security requirements

Requirements

• Deep expertise in PostgreSQL (Aurora PostgreSQL preferred) and understanding of relational database internals
• Experience building or operating distributed systems, including horizontal sharding, replication, and distributed transactions (e.g., two-phase commit)
• Proficiency in Go and/or Rust with experience building backend or infrastructure services
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and AWS managed services (RDS, DynamoDB)
• Experience with observability tooling including metrics, logging, and tracing
• Strong understanding of system reliability, performance tuning, and cost optimization in high-scale production environments

Benefits

• Performance-driven compensation, bonus programs, and equity ownership
• 401(k) matching
• 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents
• Lifestyle wallet benefits spending account
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance
• Fertility benefits
• Mental health benefits
• Paid time off, company holidays, sick time, and parental leave
• Exceptional office experience with catered meals and events