Staff Software Engineer, Traffic Team

Requirements

• 9+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• 4+ years of building and supporting large, high traffic applications
• 2+ years of experience maintaining a Load Balancer with abuse protection mechanisms

Nice to Haves

• Experience with HAProxy or any other open-source Load Balancer
• 2+ years of Golang experience
• Experience building or maintaining planetary scale engineering systems
• Experience working with a remote, distributed team
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading technical decision making and architecture
• Designing and implementing scalable solutions for complex problems
• Maintaining and improving the GitHub Load Balancer and other traffic management systems
• Writing, reviewing, and maintaining code primarily in Go and Ruby & Rails
• Mentoring other engineers in technical and architectural decision making
• Participating in the on-call rotation and team meetings

Perks and Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Generous learning and growth opportunities
• Excellent benefits to support you
• Remote-first work environment