Software Engineer, Infra

Numeral, Inc.

• $150K — $180K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in backend or infrastructure systems in high-growth settings.
  • Proficiency in Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, and cloud platforms like AWS.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, ECS, or similar for containerized workloads.
  • Expertise in observability tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, or OpenTelemetry.
  • Strong skills in designing fault-tolerant distributed systems at scale.
  • Proven debugging and performance optimization techniques.
  • Exceptional collaboration and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure for critical services.
  • Lead architecture decisions focused on performance and observability.
  • Improve system reliability, monitoring, and incident response.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support rapid feature development.
  • Automate infrastructure management using infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD tools.
  • Promote best practices in operational excellence and distributed systems design.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity sharing in company success.
  • Full medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Wellness perks including Headspace and Peloton One App.
  • 401(k) for long-term financial security.
  • Free lunch and snacks for in-office days.
  • Regular team offsites and company events.
  • A company culture centered around ownership and meaningful contributions.
Full Job Description
About the role:

We're looking for a foundational Software Engineer (Infrastructure) who thrives on solving complex distributed systems problems at scale. You'll design and build core infrastructure, improve service reliability and observability, and ensure the platform's scalability as we handle increasing transaction volumes and integrations.

This is a high-leverage, foundational role: your work will define the architecture and technical direction of our infrastructure platform while directly impacting our customers' experience and the company's trajectory.

What you'll do:
  • Design and build highly scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure to support critical APIs, services, and data pipelines.
  • Lead infrastructure architecture decisions for performance, observability, and fault tolerance.
  • Drive improvements in system reliability, monitoring, and incident response.
  • Collaborate closely with product, platform, and data engineering teams to enable rapid feature development without compromising stability.
  • Automate infrastructure management through infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration.
  • Champion best practices in operational excellence, disaster recovery, and distributed systems design.
What you'll bring:
  • 7+ years of experience building and scaling backend or infrastructure systems in high-growth environments.
  • Proficiency in Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, and AWS (or equivalent cloud platforms).
  • Experience managing containerized workloads using tools like Kubernetes, ECS, or similar.
  • Expertise in observability tooling (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry) and monitoring pipelines.
  • Proven ability to design fault-tolerant, distributed systems at scale.
  • Strong debugging and performance optimization skills across the stack.
  • Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, with experience partnering cross-functionally.
  • Startup mindset: Not scared of ambiguity and hungry for rapid growth
  • Intensity & Ownership: This is not a 9-5 - we're scaling rapidly and have a massive opportunity ahead of us.
  • Customer Obsession: You deeply care about the user experience and solving their problems
Even better:
  • Experience in payments, tax, accounting, or regulatory tech.
  • Infrastructure or platform engineering background (e.g., CI/CD, observability).
  • Experience scaling monolith-to-service architectures or event-driven systems.
  • Familiarity with GraphQL, Kafka, Terraform, or container orchestration tools.
What we offer:
  • Competitive salary and equity - you'll share directly in the company's success
  • Full medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Wellness perks like Headspace and the Peloton One App
  • 401(k) to help you build long-term financial security
  • Lunch and snacks when you're in the office
  • Regular team offsites and company events as we grow
  • A culture built on ownership - your work matters and people will see it!

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