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Persona

Senior Software Engineer, Resilience

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7 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USASenior / Staff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$190k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Partner with product teams on high-impact projects to address performance challenges.
  • Investigate major incidents to identify architectural causes and implement improvements.
  • Design and promote reusable resilience patterns and tooling for engineers.
  • Own and advance the observability strategy to monitor system health.
  • Mentor engineers to enhance technical skills in performance and reliability.
  • Establish an Operational Excellence review process for continuous learning.
  • Define and measure SLOs for critical user journeys to improve product reliability.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering with complex production systems.
  • Experience in performance, scalability, or observability is a plus.
  • Strong mentoring skills with the ability to explain complex ideas clearly.
  • Deep expertise in observability pillars: metrics, logs, and traces.
  • Ability to build trust and influence teams without direct authority.
  • Proficient in creating robust libraries and tools for engineering efficiency.
  • Initiative-driven, comfortable with ambiguity, and effective in evolving environments.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 3% 401(k) contribution.
  • Unlimited PTO and quarterly mental health days.
  • Family planning benefits and professional development stipend.
  • Wellness benefits and a supportive company culture.