Software Engineer, Infra/Systems

we're looking to hire exceptional senior or staff-level engineers to help us build and maintain the future of Convex at scale. If you are passionate about distributed systems and have a strong background in designing and operating web infrastructure at scale, we would love to talk to you!

We believe in the value of good architecture, leveraged work, and simplicity. Our team is high-ownership and cares a lot about oncall but this isn't just an ops role - we want people who design and build things the right way... or as close as is possible at a startup.

- Design, build, and maintain Convex's global cloud infrastructure.

- Investigate and improve the performance and reliability of our systems.

- Be self-directed to prioritize the right projects to work on, in close collaboration with the engineering team and CTO (hi! this is me, James).

- Help establish good practices and reliability guidelines as we scale up our team and systems.

- 4+ years of backend engineering experience building and operating infrastructure with a deep knowledge of systems at scale.

- Good understanding of best practices for systems design, operational practices, and managing services.

- Ability to write high quality code (knowledge of Rust is a plus).

This is an attempt to outline some characteristics of candidates that would make great engineers at Convex. We're have a high demand for conceptual thought and architectural sensibilities, while also having the typical demands of a small startup.

If someone has a few years of experience it's extremely valuable for them to have worked closely with a person, team or organization that's truly excellent , in any domain. Excellence can't just be learned passively since it requires being better than the status quo. The candidate doesn't need to be excellent yet but they need to have an appreciation that it requires a lifetime of dedication.

*The salary range for this full-time position is >$200,000 + equity + benefits