Infrastructure Engineer

The role

You will build system-level software and Golang/Rust GRPC services from scratch. You will be responsible for the infrastructure that powers the Railway engine.

What you will do

• Build system-level software from first principles
• Build Golang/Rust GRPC services from scratch
• Expose complex capabilities to the wider company in a scalable and performant manner
• Implement solutions, create monitors for error boundaries, and document requirements
• You may be oncall from time to time

Required qualifications

• A strong understanding of distributed systems
• Ability to build fault tolerant, resilient, and scalable services
• A solid intuition about how long solutions will last
• The tact to implement solutions, create monitors, and document requirements
• A great sense of direction and prioritization when dealing with ambiguity
• A sense of grit to dive into, implement, scale, and replace solutions
• A great set of communication skills

Benefits

• Great salary
• Full health benefits including dependents
• Strong equity grants
• Equipment stipend

Before you apply

• Work on a small project to discuss in the interview
• Asynchronously implement a Container Provisioning Engine pre-interview

About the company

Railway's core mission is to make software engineers higher leverage. They are a small, distributed startup team of 21 people.