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Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Aura

New York City, USA

Full-time

Senior · 5+ years experience

Hybrid

USD 160000-220000 yearly / year

Discovered 6 days ago

Ruby on RailsPostgreSQLAWSRails

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Ruby on RailsPostgreSQLAWS

Design sharded PostgreSQL database systems and services on AWS to rapidly scale up for holiday peaks

Develop load simulations representative of production traffic

Add instrumentation to explicate bottlenecks from application to database, operating system, and storage layers

Collaborate with product teams to understand how user experience SLA's guide system design

Maintain a Ruby on Rails stack on top of sharded databases for product engineers to rapidly innovate

Experience at a startup with less than a hundred employees
5+ years overall
Scaled infrastructure to support tens of millions of users
Because You Matter: We believe in creating a happy and supportive work environment, so you can both excel at your job and actually enjoy coming into work each day. Compensation for this role will be in the $160,000 - $220,000 range.
For full-time, US-based employees. Benefits may differ for part-time or international roles.
📈 Generous stock option program - begins vesting after 1 year
🏥 Comprehensive health plans - Aura pays 100% of the premium for employees and 50% for families.
💰 401(k) with match - Aura fully matches the first 4% of your salary contributed
🌯 Lunch and snacks - In SF & NY Offices
💪 $150 monthly fitness allowance - gym, coaching, etc
🏝 Flexible time off - and you’re required to take at least 10 days off each year
Aura Home Inc. All rights reserved, Aura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.