Backend Software Engineer at Airtable
Type: Startup Position at Airtable
About Airtable: Airtable is a platform that makes it easy to build powerful, custom applications.
What you'll do
- As Technical Lead on the Connectivity Infrastructure pod, you will drive the technical vision for the Connectivity team, own major infrastructure initiatives, and support other engineers on the team.
- Design infrastructure components that power next generation Airtable connectivity features, optimizing for the developer experience, scaling, performance, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
- Take full ownership of backend services, including responsibility for 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.
- Drive alignment across the engineering organization to tackle technical foundational gaps and influence engineering investments.
- Be a culture multiplier for the engineering organization by being a role model of Airtable values.
- Provide mentorship and coaching to other engineers and up-level the team.
Who you are
- You’re a backend engineering specialist with 8+ years of industry experience who is willing to learn new technologies and apply them in a fast changing environment.
- You have extensive 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.
- You have experience leading the design and implementation of long-term initiatives in close collaboration with cross-functional partners and other stakeholders.
- You have a solid understanding of engineering best practices and principles of system design. You have applied these principles in building systems and products used by a large number of users and have scaled with user growth.
- Effective at troubleshooting, debugging, and root causing defects in large scale systems.
- You take a thoughtful approach to decision making and evaluating trade-offs, knowing when to move fast and when to do things right.
- You can build up strong relationships across the organization and cross-functionally.
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 (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
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Position Expiring:
11th Sep 2025
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