What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer | Infrastructure (New York) position at Jobgether?
About Jobgether
Jobgether is a Talent Matching Platform that partners with companies worldwide to efficiently connect top talent with the right opportunities through AI-driven job matching.
One of our companies is currently looking for a Software Engineer | Infrastructure in New York.
As a Software Engineer focused on Infrastructure, you’ll be instrumental in designing and evolving the backend systems that power mission-critical financial services. You’ll work on high-scale challenges related to database performance, container orchestration, and real-time event queues, while collaborating across engineering teams to implement best practices. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on ownership, scalability, and solving complex technical problems. You'll help shape the long-term technical roadmap while mentoring others and supporting key platform components in production.
Accountabilities:
- Design and implement core infrastructure systems including databases, queues, and container orchestration
- Scale production infrastructure using technologies such as AWS, Kubernetes/ECS, Kafka, and PostgreSQL
- Collaborate cross-functionally to drive adoption of cloud-native practices and ensure system resilience
- Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code tooling using Terraform
- Improve reliability, performance, and deployment velocity of backend services
- Troubleshoot and resolve critical production issues as part of an on-call rotation
- Contribute to engineering culture through mentorship and peer collaboration
- 2 years of experience architecting and deploying large-scale infrastructure systems
- Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure in production environments
- Proficiency in Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code frameworks
- Strong foundation in an object-oriented programming language
- Expertise in at least one of the following areas:
- Scalable SQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
- Real-time messaging systems (Kafka, Celery, SQS, etc.)
- Container orchestration (ECS, Kubernetes), load balancing, and web server setup
- Ability to quickly understand customer needs and deliver impactful technical solutions
- Passion for operational excellence, performance tuning, and systems design
- 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you
- Partially covered insurance for your dependents
- One Medical annual membership
- 401(k) with employer match
- Flexible PTO policy
- Fertility HRA (up to $5,000 annually)
- Wellness and WFH stipends
- Parental leave and relocation support to NYC or SF
- Pet insurance coverage
Jobgether hiring process disclaimer
This job is posted on behalf of one of our partner companies. If you choose to apply, your application will go through our AI-powered 3-step screening process, where we automatically select the 5 best candidates.
Our AI thoroughly analyzes every line of your CV and LinkedIn profile to assess your fit for the role, evaluating each experience in detail. When needed, our team may also conduct a manual review to ensure only the most relevant candidates are considered.
Our process is fair, unbiased, and based solely on qualifications and relevance to the job. Only the best-matching candidates will be selected for the next round.
If you are among the top 5 candidates, you will be notified within 7 days.
If you do not receive feedback after 7 days, it means you were not selected. However, if you wish, we may consider your profile for other similar opportunities that better match your experience.
Thank you for your interest!
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