Full Time

Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure Engineering

RemoteHunter
Full-time
Mid-Senior level
Software Development
United States
$170,000 - $250,000* / year (about $82–$120 an hour)

Job Description

About Our Client:

The organization operates in the online community and social media space, hosting a vast network of active interest-based forums. It addresses the challenge of providing open, authentic conversations and information exchange across numerous communities, supporting over 130 million daily unique visitors and maintaining a large scale presence on the internet.


About the Opportunity:

The SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING role focuses on designing and delivering reliable, scalable, and efficient backend infrastructure services that enable product teams to build and deploy software seamlessly. This position is essential for maintaining robust communication platforms, compute abstractions, deployment tooling, and security services that drive developer productivity and system resilience.


Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business and user needs into low-latency technical solutions.
  • Manage full software lifecycle from design to deployment and monitoring.
  • Design and evaluate A/B experiments and analyze user data to inform engineering decisions.
  • Develop and maintain scalable APIs and distributed backend services optimized for performance.
  • Establish engineering best practices and improve developer workflows.
  • Mentor and support other technical team members.
  • Drive project selection and execution aligned with organizational goals.


Requirements:

  • Minimum 5 years of experience building internet-scale software.
  • Proficiency in one or more languages such as Golang, Python, C++, or Java.
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure technologies including Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, or GCP.
  • Practical experience with distributed messaging systems.
  • Strong communication skills for collaboration with diverse stakeholders.
  • Degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical field.


Pay Range and Compensation Package:

  • Base salary range: 190000 to 267000 USD
  • Eligible for equity in the form of restricted stock units and potential commission depending on position.


Benefits & Perks:

  • Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs.
  • 401(k) with employer match.
  • Global benefit programs including workspace, professional development, and caregiving support.
  • Family planning support and gender-affirming care.
  • Mental health and coaching benefits.
  • Flexible vacation and paid volunteer time off.
  • Generous paid parental leave.


Equal Opportunity Statement: Our client is an equal opportunity employer. They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or national origin.


Note:

RemoteHunter is a recruitment partner of this role. Please note that all employment decisions, including candidate assessment, interviews, hiring, compensation, and employment terms, are made exclusively by the hiring employer.

A full-time year is 2,080 hours: $24 an hour is $49,920 a year before taxes, and $48,000 a year is $23.08 an hour. Pay calculator →

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