Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Parafin, Inc

$230K — $265K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of software engineering experience, focusing on infrastructure and distributed systems
  • Strong design, coding, and debugging skills with a focus on secure and scalable practices
  • Deep understanding of cloud platforms, preferably AWS
  • Familiarity with technologies like Airflow, Datadog, Buildkite, Postgres, and Auth
  • Experience in infrastructure-as-code with tools like Terraform
  • Knowledge of relational database systems
  • Excellent communication skills for effective teamwork

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable infrastructure platforms for a growing user base
  • Collaborate with teams to support diverse applications and use cases
  • Develop and maintain core software for cloud infrastructure and security
  • Enhance system availability, performance, and observability
  • Create user-friendly abstractions with Terraform to boost development speed
  • Mentor junior engineers and facilitate their technical growth

Benefits

  • Equity grant
  • Medical, dental & vision insurance
  • Unlimited PTO and remote work flexibility
  • Commuter benefits
  • Free lunches
  • Paid parental leave
  • 401(k) plan
  • Employee assistance program
Full Job Description
About the Position

We're seeking an experienced software engineer to join our Infrastructure team and help build the foundation for our rapidly growing financial technology platform. The Infrastructure team at Parafin owns core platforms spanning across cloud infrastructure, developer experience, data infrastructure and security. In this role, you'll design, implement, and maintain critical infrastructure systems that power our products and services, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security.

What You'll Be Doing:
  • Design and implement robust, scalable infrastructure platforms to support our growing user base and expanding product offerings
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support new classes of applications and use cases
  • Develop and maintain software spanning cloud infrastructure, developer experience, data infrastructure, and security
  • Work to better availability guarantees, system performance, and observability
  • Build easy-to-use abstractions with Terraform to empower engineers and increase development velocity
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the technical growth of the team

What We're Searching For:
  • 4+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on infrastructure and distributed systems
  • Strong design, coding, and debugging skills; expertise in understanding/advocating for secure and scalable design/coding practices
  • Deep understanding of cloud platforms (preferably AWS) and their services
  • Experience with technologies and concepts like Airflow, Datadog, Buildkite, Postgres, and Auth.
  • Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code practices and tools such as Terraform
  • Knowledge of relational database systems
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex systems
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment

We Prefer If You Have:
  • Experience with financial systems or working in the fintech industry
  • Contributions to open-source projects or internal tools
  • Knowledge of infrastructure best practices and experience building easy-to-use abstractions

What We Offer
  • Salary Range: $230k-$265k
  • Equity grant
  • Medical, dental & vision insurance
  • Unlimited PTO & work from home flexibility
  • Commuter benefits
  • Free lunches
  • Paid parental leave
  • 401(k)
  • Employee assistance program

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