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Infrastructure Engineer
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A Back End Developer or Engineer is responsible for server-side web application logic and integration of the work front-end web developers do. Usually writes web services and APIs used by front-end developers and mobile application developers.
$139,926 / year median in California
-1% projected decline
Job Description
We're hiring multiple Software Engineers to join a fast-growing engineering team building the infrastructure behind a mission-critical fintech platform. If you enjoy solving large-scale backend and infrastructure challenges while enabling other engineers to ship faster, we'd love to talk. What You'll Do Build and maintain highly available cloud infrastructure that powers a production platform processing critical financial transactions. Improve developer experience through better CI/CD pipelines, deployment tooling, monitoring, and automation. Design scalable backend systems and platform services with reliability and performance in mind. Troubleshoot production issues, improve system resiliency, and help prevent future incidents. Collaborate closely with engineers across the company to establish infrastructure best practices and maintain high engineering standards. What We're Looking For Must Have 1-4 years of professional software engineering experience. Strong proficiency in TypeScript and at least one additional backend programming language. Experience building or supporting backend infrastructure or core platform services. Experience with one or more of the following: Cloud platforms (AWS preferred) Distributed or event-driven systems System scaling and performance optimization Caching technologies Backend integrations Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals and system design. Nice to Have AWS infrastructure experience. PostgreSQL or database infrastructure experience. Experience with microservices or GraphQL APIs. Cross-team platform or developer tooling experience. Personal projects, open-source contributions, or strong passion for engineering. Tech Stack AWS TypeScript PostgreSQL GraphQL Temporal.io Honeycomb GitHub Codespaces Modern AI-assisted development tools Ideal Candidate Enjoys working on infrastructure, scalability, and reliability. Comfortable owning production systems and solving challenging technical problems. Curious, collaborative, and eager to learn new technologies. Has experience beyond a single tech stack and enjoys building developer tools and platform capabilities.