Software Engineer, Infrastructure (2-8 YOE)

Airtable’s infrastructure is evolving to meet the needs of our fast growing engineering org. We are looking for backend engineers to join our team to help improve critical product infrastructure, with a focus on building systems that have a great developer experience and will scale as we grow.

We currently have openings on:

• Base Infrastructure (SF and NYC): The Base Infrastructure team owns the system that powers the core of Airtable’s product--serving Airtable bases. We are investing in the foundations of our homegrown in-memory database. Key projects include building replication to support zero downtime failovers, optimizing performance and memory usage, and vertical scaling.

Please note: while we employ a hybrid working model at Airtable (flexible in working from the office or elsewhere), we are looking to hire candidates who are based in the San Francisco Bay Area (depending on team match) who are open to coming into the office at least ~2-3 times/week for team collaboration.

Learn more about our Engineering team and values here.

What you'll do

• Proactively identify and lead significant improvements to Airtable’s infrastructure, working across teams and product areas to maximize business and engineering impact.


• Work on systems-level problems in a complex design space where scalability, efficiency, reliability, and security really matter.


• Build clean, reusable, and maintainable abstractions that will be used by Airtable’s engineers for years to come.


• Take full ownership of components of Airtable’s infrastructure, including responsibility for reliability, performance, efficiency, and observability of our production environment.

• You have 2-8 years of industry experience, and are excited about learning new technologies and applying them in a fast-changing environment. Please note this is not a new grad position. 


• You have experience in areas such as databases, distributed systems, service-oriented architectures, and data infrastructure.


• You derive joy from refactoring and building clean abstractions in order to make complex systems fun to develop on and easy to understand.


• You have a strong background in computer science with a degree in CS or a related field.


• You are currently based or willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Airtable is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and strive to create a workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any characteristic protected by applicable federal and state laws, regulations and ordinances. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant. 

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