Browserbase

Software Engineer (Core Infrastructure)

San Francisco. Posted 19 months ago

The role

You will build, operate, and grow the Browserbase Core platform by designing and developing scalable distributed backends. You will work with the Engineering team to provide support, define project scopes, and resolve production issues.

What you will do

  • Build, operate, and grow the Browserbase Core platform
  • Design and develop robust, scalable distributed backends with developer-friendly APIs
  • Work closely with the rest of Engineering to provide support
  • Help define, scope, and review key projects
  • Set priorities on the roadmap and sequence deliverables
  • Establish and reinforce best practices around development, operations, and reliability
  • Continuously enhance the platform to meet customer adoption and demand
  • Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve operational issues in production
  • Document and share knowledge with the team

Required qualifications

  • Deep experience building and scaling distributed systems with scale on the order of hundreds or thousands of instances
  • Strong expertise coding in Go or Typescript
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes and Docker, message queues, relational databases, automated testing, performance optimization, and zero-downtime multi-region deployments
  • A systems-thinking mindset
  • High agency to set direction and drive projects forward
  • Strong sense of ownership and bias toward action
  • Ability to drive projects independently with high accountability
  • Communicate clearly in writing and in person
  • Ability to dive into unfamiliar systems and learn quickly
  • Excitement to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Willingness to work 5 days a week in San Francisco HQ or relocate there

Nice to have

  • Experience with Firecracker or similar VMMs

About the company

Browserbase is a Series B startup that provides a platform to build and deploy agents that browse and interact with the web. The company is backed by Kleiner Perkins, CRV, and Notable Capital.

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