6 months ago
Base Salary
$230k - $310k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect and scale core platform systems including databases, caching layers, event pipelines, and public APIs for 70M+ users.
- Lead major infrastructure initiatives: database migrations, architecture refactors, and performance optimization at scale.
- Define engineering standards and best practices across backend teams.
- Mentor engineers on system design, scalability patterns, and production excellence.
- Make build-vs-buy decisions and balance technical debt paydown with feature velocity.
- Collaborate with leadership to shape Gamma's multi-year platform roadmap.
Requirements
- 7+ years of backend engineering experience with expertise in distributed systems and data infrastructure.
- Expert-level proficiency in scalable APIs, databases (PostgreSQL, Redis), and event-driven architectures.
- Experience with real-time systems such as collaborative editing, WebSockets, or CRDTs.
- Strong operational skills in monitoring, alerting, incident response, and performance debugging at scale.
- Product-minded technical judgment to make decisions that unlock business value and user experience.
- Experience building platform infrastructure at high-growth startups or working with AI infrastructure or public API design is a plus.