Software Engineer

About the Role

We are looking for a Software Engineer to take ownership of the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of our web infrastructure, APIs, and codebases.
You will be responsible for maintaining and extending an existing production platform while building new features and deploying updates.

Required Technical Skills

Cloud & Infrastructure

Amazon Web Services (AWS). Experience building, deploying, and managing services in production environments. AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Developer, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect preferred
Cloudflare. Experience in DNS and proxy management
Docker / Docker Compose or other container management technologies
NGINX or other reverse proxy technologies
Linux server administration

Database

SurrealDB. Production experience strongly preferred. PostgreSQL, Neo4j, or other relational / graph database experience in production environments

Backend

REST APIs and Microservices. Experience designing, deploying, upgrading, monitoring, and maintaining in development
Rust / Typescript. Production experience required

Frontend

SvelteKit or other full-stack Javascript frameworks.
HTML5 and TailwindCSS
Mobile UI development

Monitoring & Operations
Grafana Stack. Experience in production with Grafana, Loki, and custom integrations.
Durable Execution Environments. Experience running long-lasting processes in production.

Other

CI / CD Pipelines. Experience with Git, Git workflows, container registries, and staging.
Email Management. Experience with email sending at scale in production.
Agile. Experience with Agile software (i.e. Jira)
Wireguard. Experience with creating and managing Wireguard VPNs, or other similar technologies.
AI Based Development

Responsibilities

Lead development of new features across the full application stack.
Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure.
Deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot production services.
Build reliable, secure, and performant backend services.
Develop modern, responsive mobile-fire full-stack applications.
Optimize application performance and reliability.
Maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
Participate in architectural decisions and technical leadership.

Additional Experience

Experience with any of the following is considered a plus:
DevSecOps with emphasis on security best practices
Working on distributed and embedded systems
API design and version management
UI / UX with mobile development experience
Corporate software engineering experience
Agile development experience

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate:

Can have 0 years of professional experience if they have a Github/similar repo/way to show/backup their talent and can handle this role
Is comfortable owning production systems.
Can work independently with minimal supervision.
Makes thoughtful architectural decisions.
Is comfortable debugging issues across the entire stack.
Communicates technical concepts clearly.
Takes pride in writing maintainable, well-tested code.
Enjoys working in a fast-moving startup environment.
Is proactive, curious, and continuously learning.
Strong database management skills and experience deploying in production