Zuma

Staff Engineer (Backend, DevOps, Infrastructure)

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1 year ago

Responsibilities

  • Lead critical system rewrites and architect a scalable, resilient foundation for the AI-first platform.
  • Design, optimize, and scale data storage systems for customer and AI workloads.
  • Build and evolve deployment pipelines for reliable, automated releases.
  • Set up and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
  • Establish observability, incident response, system hardening, and engineering best practices.
  • Build analytics and monitoring for system reliability, performance, and AI effectiveness.
  • Mentor engineers and improve team capabilities across infrastructure, scalability, and AI product development.
  • Interact directly with customers and occasionally travel to customer offices.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 5+ years of experience building production-grade software systems focused on scalability, performance, and reliability.
  • Proven backend development expertise with Node.js, including API design, system architecture, and cloud-based services.
  • Experience with AWS, GCP, or similar cloud infrastructure and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi.
  • Hands-on experience with database design, performance tuning, and scaling high-throughput data systems.
  • Familiarity with deployment pipelines, automated testing, and modern DevOps practices.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a distributed, fast-paced environment.
  • Comfort operating in an early-stage, high-ownership environment with evolving requirements.
  • React and TypeScript experience is a bonus.
  • Exposure to LLM-based systems, AI infrastructure, or agentic AI workflows is a bonus.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Gym and workspace stipends.
  • Computer and workspace enhancements.
  • Unlimited paid time off.
  • Company off-sites.
  • Significant equity in a venture-backed company.
  • Opportunity to influence the company’s technical foundations and engineering culture.
  • The role is based in a distributed environment, with occasional travel to customer offices.
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