[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure @Liftoff

Role Description

As a Software Engineer at Liftoff, you will:

• Have end-to-end ownership of projects, and collaborate with a small team of world-class engineers with diverse backgrounds.
• Ship code multiple times a day, and within seconds see its quantified impact on millions of users and our business's revenue.
• Be part of an “engineering excellence” culture through state-of-the-art tools, risk-driven testing, explainable systems, and code review.
• Become an authority in Go and many other cutting-edge open-source technologies.
• Join a nimble, consistently excellent, and experienced engineering team.

Qualifications

• Strong coding ability (experience in Go is a plus, but not necessary).
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related fields and 5+ years software engineering experience.
• Solid core CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, architecting systems).
• Experience with any major cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience building high scale distributed systems and backend architectures.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and eager to learn and get things done.
• Genuine interest and/or experience in debugging and troubleshooting complex distributed systems problems.

Requirements

• NICE TO HAVE: Expertise in managing Kafka.
• NICE TO HAVE: Expertise in data.

Benefits

• Full compensation package that includes equity and health/vision/dental benefits associated with your country of residence.
• Base compensation varies based on the candidate's location and experience.
• Base salary ranges for this role:
• SF Bay Area, NYC, Los Angeles/Orange County: $165,000 - $205,000
• Seattle/Olympia, Austin, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Boston: $151,000 - $188,000
• All other cities and towns in our approved states: $141,000 - $176,000
• Canada: 135,000 - 160,000 CAD