Software Engineer, Systems & Reliability

$175,000 - $230,000/Yr

Substack - San Francisco, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Francisco, CA

Publishing Industries

About the position

Systems Engineers at Substack are responsible for building the foundational infrastructure, tooling, and systems that enable product engineering and feature development. We architect systems to support Substack's fast-growing product ecosystem at web scale. S&R engineers work closely across product teams to build the next generation of infrastructure for Substack.

Responsibilities

• Build out Substack's platforms to scale with growing traffic and a multitude of services to support writer and reader communities.
• Partner with engineers and other stakeholders to design resilient and responsive systems.
• Contribute to the whole product process in collaboration with designers, writers, support staff, and others. From product concept and research to implementation and deployment, we expect you to own your work and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Work primarily with Node/Express, Postgres, and Redis, and our cloud infrastructure is hosted on AWS.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Can contribute across the full web stack, with a focus on building resilient, scalable backend systems.
• Independent and autonomous. We're too small to micromanage, and expect that every person at the company owns their work and can be a leader.
• Hold yourself and others to a high standard when working on production systems.
• Take pride in building elegant and delightful product experiences.
• Enjoy collaboration with a diverse group of stakeholders while bringing your own unique experience and background to the team.
• Believe in Substack's mission to build a better business model for writing.

Benefits

• Market-competitive salary
• Equity for all full-time roles
• Exceptional benefits