Senior/Staff Software Engineer

About the Team

As a vital member of Pomelo’s Infrastructure team, you’ll play a key role in building and maintaining the core systems that keep our platform reliable, scalable, and high-performing. Your work will directly impact the efficiency and stability of our services, helping us deliver a seamless experience to our users every day.

Your Role

• Ensure our production systems are always available, secure, and scalable.
• Work closely with the engineering team to deploy services across different environments.
• Scale our infrastructure to handle increased traffic and capacity during peak times.
• Suggest improvements to our architecture and processes to make things even better.
• Maintain an efficient CI/CD pipeline that enables faster and safer software delivery.
• Develop and maintain tools and infrastructure that are shared across product and engineering teams.
• Monitor Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and take action to ensure systems meet our Service Level Objectives (SLOs).
• Participate in an on-call rotation to quickly address and resolve critical production issues.
• Lead efforts to improve processes and automation, reducing manual work and enhancing operational health.
• Continuously improve our existing systems and tools, including testing, monitoring, alerting, security, and release processes.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to design reliable and maintainable systems.
• Help define and share standards, guidelines, and best practices for infrastructure management.

What We’re Looking For

• At Pomelo, we value a growth mindset, humility, and a focus on making a meaningful impact. To thrive as our next Infrastructure Software Engineer, you should bring:
  • Experience: 5+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering with a track record of building scalable systems that handle high traffic.
  • Education: A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • Technical Skills:
    • Proficiency in operating and maintaining distributed systems.
    • Solid understanding of Linux and Kubernetes.
    • Expertise in public cloud environments (AWS, GCP) using tools like Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform.
    • Strong coding skills in Java, Rust, or Python.
    • Deep knowledge of CI/CD workflows and tooling.
  • Problem Solving: A thoughtful approach to solving complex problems with an emphasis on simplicity.
  • Mindset: A passion for learning, exploration, and continuous improvement.
  • Communication: Strong communication and writing skills.

Bonus Points For

• Experience: Previous experience at a hyper-growth startup, where you’ve shown the ability to adapt quickly and hit the ground running with minimal direction.