Requirements

You have 8+ years of experience designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale using languages like Python or Kotlin.
You have an extensive track record of developing highly available distributed systems using technologies like AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes.
You have experience delivering major features, system components or deprecating existing functionality in a system through the definition of a technical and execution plan.
You thrive in ambiguity and are comfortable moving from low-level language idioms to the architecture of large systems.
Your growth and impact trajectory demonstrate mastery in gathering and iterating on feedback from engineering and cross-functional peers.
You have strong verbal and written communication skills that support effective collaboration with the global engineering team.

What You'll Be Doing

You will be responsible for setting technical strategy for your team on a year-long time scale and helping tie it together with critical, business-impacting projects.
You will collaborate across teams in the product development lifecycle by working with product management, design, and analytics.
You will act as a force-multiplier for your team through defining and advocating technical solutions and operational processes.
You will take ownership of your team’s operations and availability by ensuring the right monitoring, triage rotations, playbooks, policies, testing, and alerting are in place.
You will foster a culture of quality and ownership on your team by setting code review and design standards and advocating for them.
You will help develop talent on your team by providing feedback, guidance, and leading by example.