[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure Team @Liftoff

Role Description

The Infrastructure Team at Liftoff builds the tooling necessary for managing and monitoring thousands of servers which run dozens of services. This includes:

• Host provisioning and configuration
• Rapid code deployment
• Service configuration and monitoring tools
• Automated code testing and linting

Liftoff moves around hundreds of TB of data each day, and this team owns most of the infrastructure which powers our real-time data pipelines.

As a Backend Infrastructure 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
• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• B.S. or higher in Computer Science (or equivalent work 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 ability to get things done
• Genuine interest and/or experience in debugging and troubleshooting complex distributed systems problems
• Ability to lead and collaborate across team and role boundaries to effect large-scale change in culture and systems

Requirements

• Expertise in managing Kafka
• Expertise in data
• Postgres (or SQL DBs generally)

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
• Competitive salaries, equity, and benefits designed to support employee well-being and performance
• Medical coverage, wellness stipends, and additional perks based on your country of residence

Company Description

Liftoff is a leading AI-powered performance marketing platform for the mobile app economy. Our end-to-end technology stack helps app marketers acquire and retain high-value users, while enabling publishers to maximize revenue across programmatic and direct demand.

Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Liftoff has a diverse, global presence.