The Browser Company

Staff Software Engineer, Backend Infrastructure

Remote North America
USD 225k - 275k
API AWS Azure Terraform TypeScript GCP Go Java Swift
Description

Hi, we're The Browser Company šŸ‘‹ and we're building a better way to use the internet.

Browsers are unique in that they are one of the only pieces of software that you share with your parents as well as your kids. Which makes sense, they're our doorway to the most important things ā€” through them we socialize with loved ones, work on our passion projects, and explore our curiosities. But on their own, they donā€™t actually do a whole lot, theyā€™re kind of just there. They donā€™t help us organize our messy lives or make it easier to compose our ideas. We believe that the browser could do so much more ā€” it can empower and support the amazing things we do on the internet. Thatā€™s why weā€™re building one: a browser that can help us grow, create, and stay curious.

To accomplish this lofty task, weā€™re building a diverse team of people from different backgrounds and experiences. This isnā€™t optional, itā€™s crucial to our mission, as we need a wide range of perspectives to challenge our assumptions and shape our browser through a bold, creative lens. With that in mind, we especially encourage women, people of color, and others from historically marginalized groups to apply.

About The Role

As The Browser Companyā€™s first Backend Infrastructure Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in driving the architecture and scaling of our backend systems. This isn't just about solving day-to-day challenges; itā€™s about owning the big pictureā€”architecting systems that power our product for millions of users, and shaping the strategic direction of our technical infrastructure. Weā€™re building the next version of Arc to deliver low-latency, highly available, and secure search and inference in the cloud, and your role will be critical in building and scaling the backend services to power the core features in the next version of our browser.

Overall you will...

  • Lead the design, development, and optimization of scalable, robust backend systems that are critical to Arcā€™s success.

  • Own large-scale, high-impact technical projects that cut across multiple teams and directly influence our product and company strategy.

  • Serve as a technical leader and mentor, providing guidance and oversight to engineering teams on complex technical issues, architectural decisions, and best practices.

  • Influence and contribute to critical architectural decisions, ensuring weā€™re always building with the future in mind.

  • Drive cross-functional collaboration with product, security, and engineering teams to define technical vision and ensure the backend infrastructure evolves to support Arcā€™s growth and product innovation.

Examples of projects you might lead:

  • Design application backends, APIs, protocols, data structures, and assess system design

  • Design and implement backend systems to support core product needs such as AI inference (eg. via self-hosting LLMs), proxying to other services, and data syncing across devices.

  • Support multiple clouds and LLM providers for improved availability

  • Design highly performant, resilient, and scalable systems that provide a high quality experience for users on desktop and mobile platforms worldwide.

  • Implement effective observability and monitoring for our backend services

  • Identify opportunities to iterate on our infrastructure to improve efficiency, developer productivity, or reduce costs

Qualifications

  • Proven experience as a Technical Lead or Staff Software Engineer working with large-scale backend systems.

  • Demonstrated ability to lead high-impact, cross-team projects and influence architectural decisions at a company-wide level.

  • A strategic mindset, with the ability to see the bigger picture and align technical decisions with business goals.

  • Experience working with GCP, AWS, or Azure, with significant expertise in at least one of these, including proficiency in infrastructure-as-code practices and tools (e.g., Terraform).

  • Experience setting up monitoring and observability for cloud infrastructure, e.g. with datadog, and using these tools to deliver improvements.

  • Proficiency in a programming language like TypeScript, Go, Java, Swift, etc.

  • You're passionate about building tools and systems that make other engineers more productive and strive to make them elegant and maintainable.

  • Weā€™re primarily focused on hiring in North American time zones and require that folks have 4+ hours of overlap time with team members in Eastern Time Zone.

Compensation and Benefits

šŸ’° With our flexible compensation model, employees have the ability to choose the cash-to-equity ratio that best suits their individual needs. Every offer we extend includes three options: a salary-optimized offer, an equity-optimized offer, and a balanced offer.

The annual salary range for this role is $225,000-275,000 USD. The actual salary range offered will vary based on experience level and interview performance.

šŸ§˜šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø In addition to a competitive salary and equity package, we provide every employee with the following benefits:

  • comprehensive benefits package with employee medical, dental, and vision - we cover 100% of premiums for employees, and up to 95% for dependents

  • 401k plan

  • flexible vacation policy - on average, our team members take between 15-20 vacation days plus federal holidays (holidays vary by location)

  • remote-friendly working environment - our core working hours are 11 AM-2 PM Eastern Time, Monday-Friday

  • 12 weeks of paid parental leave

  • $1,500 USD home office stipend

  • Employees based in the US also receive additional services like free annual memberships to One Medical (where available), Talkspace, Teladoc, and HealthAdvocate

The Browser Company is a well-funded, ambitious startup of about 85 people (and growing!) who are passionate about building great products. We are a remote-first, distributed team, with the option to work in office in New York. We strongly support diversity and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.Ā 

šŸš™ To read more about what we value as a company, check out Notes on Roadtrips on our blog.

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