Software Engineer - Infrastructure, Quora (Remote)

Requirements:

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field
• 3+ years of experience working on large-scale distributed systems
• Familiarity in data storage (e.g. MySQL, MyRocks, HBase, Memcached, Redis, etc), traffic handling (e.g. DNS, CDN, load balancing, etc) or infrastructure orchestration (Ansible, terraform, docker, Kubernetes, etc)
• Excellent coding skills with proficiency in any programming language (e.g. Python, C++, etc)
• Strong problem solving and communication skills
• Ability to debug production issues independently

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with AWS services (e.g. EC2, S3) or other public cloud services
• Operational experience in database systems e.g. MySQL, Memcache, Redis and NoSQL systems
• Operational experience with Linux operating system internals, filesystems, disk/storage technologies and networking
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g. shell script)
• Experience with capacity planning for web scale systems
• Passion for Quora's mission and goals

Responsibilities:

• Own backend databases and services (e.g. MySQL, HBase, Memcached, Redis, Nginx, etc)
• Continuously improve scalability, reliability, and efficiency of infrastructure systems
• Write and review code, plan, and execute upgrades, develop documentation and capacity plans, and debug production issues
• Build monitoring tools and automation to increase efficiency of all teams at Quora
• Share on-call rotation

Perks and Benefits:

• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• Equity refreshers
• Remote work reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Employee assistance programs
• And more. Benefits are country-specific and may vary.