Software Engineer

MLabs

$185K — $400K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in production-grade infrastructure (cloud/on-prem)
  • Strong scripting skills in Rust and low-level programming languages
  • Expertise managing compute instances and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Understanding of networking fundamentals (VPCs, NAT, VPN)
  • Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
  • Proven experience with time-series databases (TimescaleDB, InfluxDB)
  • Ability to optimize low-level system performance under high load

Responsibilities

  • Develop scripts and services for real-time systems
  • Manage and deploy compute resources and containers
  • Automate scaling, load balancing, and congestion control functions
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for deployment
  • Monitor and tune system performance for maximum throughput
  • Develop indexing services for live data channels
  • Provision and optimize various database systems

Benefits

  • Significant company equity package
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance with HSA options
  • Generous paid vacation and holidays
  • Retirement plan with employer matching contributions
Full Job Description
Infrastructure & Platform Engineer Job Posting

Location: New York, San Francisco (Office)

Compensation: $185K - $400K

You will join their Infrastructure & Platform team to design, deploy, and operate the core components of their scalable, high-performance systems. You will focus on compute, storage, and networking while working closely with the product team to deliver exceptional speed and reliability in demanding, real-time environments.

What You'll Do:

  • Develop robust scripts and services to ensure speed and reliability in demanding, real-time environments.
  • Manage and deploy compute resources and containers for custom services and integrations.
  • Automate essential functions like scaling, load balancing, and congestion control across both compute and database layers.
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment, seamless rollback, and continuous delivery.
  • Monitor system performance across CPU, memory, I/O, and network, tuning configurations for maximum throughput and resiliency.
  • Develop indexing and explorer services to create live, fast, and expressive data channels for users.
  • Provision and optimize diverse database systems, including those for time series, relational SQL, key-value, and in-memory workloads.

Requirements

What You Bring:

  • 3+ years of experience building production-grade infrastructure in cloud or on-prem environments.
  • Strong scripting and development skills, particularly in Rust and other low-level programming languages.
  • Deep expertise managing compute instances directly (e.g., VMs) and/or experience with container orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, including VPCs, subnets, load balancers, NAT, VPN, and network security.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and infrastructure as code practices (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
  • Proven track record with time-series databases (e.g., TimescaleDB, InfluxDB) and key-value stores (e.g., DynamoDB, Redis).
  • Experience profiling and optimizing low-level system performance under high load conditions.
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Benefits

  • Compensation: $185,000 - $400,000 annual base salary.
  • Equity: Significant company equity package.
  • Health: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance with HSA options.
  • Time Off: Generous paid vacation and holidays.
  • Retirement: Retirement plan with employer matching contributions.


Due to the high volume of applications we anticipate, we regret that we are unable to provide individual feedback to all candidates. If you do not hear back from us within 4 weeks of your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. We genuinely appreciate your interest and wish you the best in your job search.

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