Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure

Airtable’s mission is to bring the power of computing and software development to everyone. One of the most rewarding parts of building a toolkit is seeing the incredible things your users create with it. We’ve seen our largest and most sophisticated customers use Airtable to run global processes across thousands of employees, coordinate precision manufacturing and 3D printing pipelines, and consolidate previously siloed mission-critical data into a single source of truth.

The flexible nature of Airtable’s product translates to many unique infrastructure engineering challenges. We’re looking for engineers who are excited about implementing a secure, reliable and performant cloud infrastructure. This role will involve building shared tools and platforms to be used across all of Airtable. You will also work closely with the rest of engineering to enable peers to deliver and manage their features reliably, safely and efficiently.

As an early member of the Cloud Infrastructure team, you will have the opportunity to influence the vision and strategy of a rapidly growing team, and help with hiring and mentoring new team members.

Learn more about our Engineering team and values here.

What you'll do:

• Be a foundational member of the cloud infrastructure pod
• Design, develop, maintain and lead the implementation of Airtable’s cloud infrastructure
• Design and build shared tools and platforms to be used across all of the Airtable optimizing for the developer experience, scaling, performance, reliability, and long-term maintainability
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity processes
• Lead and define technical standards, governance and compliance for Airtable’s cloud infrastructure
• Identify, analyze and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues
• Lead in performing design reviews and consulting with teams within Airtable to ensure design and security best practices.
• Building automation into cloud infrastructure provisioning and cloud infrastructure security
• Take full ownership of backend services, including responsibility for deploys, monitoring, debugging, and overall reliability
• Work at all levels of the stack with a concentration on the backend. Work with Node.JS, MySQL, and AWS services

Who you are:

• You’re a backend engineer with 4+ years of experience who is willing to learn new technologies and apply them in a fast changing environment
• You have experience managing cloud-based infrastructure in Amazon Web Services (AWS) or any public cloud Infrastructure.
• You have a background/experience with infrastructure-as-code (IAC) and common automation tools such as Terraform, Puppet, Chef and Ansible
• Experience with containers, cloud container schedulers and continuous deployment systems a plus
• You have experience evaluating, onboarding and managing new technologies and services.
• You have experience in areas such as databases, distributed systems, service oriented architectures, and backend performance measurement and optimization
• You have a strong background in computer science with a degree in CS or a related field.

What we offer

• We have your medical, dental, and vision insurance 100% covered (and your dependents covered at 80%)
• High deductible health plan available with health savings account contribution
• Complimentary One Medical membership for individuals and dependents
• Monthly “Lifestyle Wallet” to use for benefits like personal fitness (e.g., gym memberships, fitness equipment, etc.) to pet care to nutrition coaching, and more.  
• Complimentary mental health support via Modern Health 
• Family planning support via Carrot (fertility, adoption, and surrogacy)
• Flexible and generous time off and sick time benefits
• 16 weeks of parental leave
• Annual Learning & Development wallet to support your career development
• Emergency backup care for dependents 
• Access to financial planning and legal support
• Supplemental reimbursement for Gender Affirmation procedures and services
• Access to pre-tax Transportation & Commuter Benefits

About Airtable 

Airtable is working on the next computer revolution: one where anyone – even without technical training – can create customized applications that fit their needs, build more interconnected teams, and take part in a growing community of people who share what they create. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, Airtable powers teams at more than 300,000 organizations around the world. Our most recent funding round valued Airtable at $11.7 billion and raised $735 million in additional capital, and we're just getting started!

Our team faces significant challenges surrounding performance & reliability, read more!