Senior Software Engineer, Data Storage

Brex is the AI-powered spend platform. We help companies spend with confidence with integrated corporate cards, banking, and global payments, plus intuitive software for travel and expenses. Tens of thousands of companies from startups to enterprises — including DoorDash, Flexport, and Compass — use Brex to proactively control spend, reduce costs, and increase efficiency on a global scale.Working at Brex allows you to push your limits, challenge the status quo, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. We’re committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture and believe your potential should only be limited by how big you can dream. We make this a reality by empowering you with the tools, resources, and support you need to grow your career.Engineering at BrexThe Engineering team includes Data, IT, Security, and Software, and is responsible for building innovative products and infrastructure for both internal and external users. We have multiple autonomous and collaborative teams who are eager to learn, teach, and constantly improve how things work. Together, we strive to build robust and scalable systems that enable Brex to grow rapidly and help our customers reach their full potential.What you’ll doOur team is responsible for building, maintaining, and monitoring the infrastructure platform which other teams use to build and operate Brex’s products. We must also evangelize for, and educate other teams about, our infrastructure and best practices for running their services on top of it. This includes working with our Cloud Provider to engineer the computing, data storage, and networking functionality for our customers and other critical cloud-based infrastructure components.As we are operating at the most foundational levels of Brex, our team’s work has a cascading effect on the entire company. We must always strive to look holistically at Brex’s architecture to uncover areas of optimization and reliability to drive efficiency.ResponsibilitiesWork within and across Product Engineering teams to determine requirements and challenges to managing their data storesLeverage your expertise in databases along with your skills as a developer to write systems that mitigate or surface metrics around database problemsMentor database users on good modeling techniques and query practices on an as-needed basisPerform or advise tactical solutions to challenges while maintaining service reliabilityBe part of an On-Call rotation for responding to incidentsOperate core systems of Brex Infrastructure to ensure the highest levels of reliabilityWork closely with other engineers to design, operate, and scale their systemsEvangelize best practices both internally and externallyRequirementsSignificant experience in database modeling, operation, and administration with common open-source technologies such as PostgreSQLSignificant experience in systems software development, preferably in DevOps4+ years of experience working in AWS or equivalent cloud provider2+ years of experience working with Kubernetes environmentsExperience working with at least one programming language (e.g. Golang, Java, Python)Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skillsMust be willing to work in the office 2 days per week on Wednesday and Thursday.Have an interest adjacent to issues such as compliance, confidentiality, and securityBe capable of discussing thorny issues of concurrency and correctnessCompensationThe expected salary range for this role is $192,000 - $240,000. However, the starting base pay will depend on a number of factors including the candidate’s location, skills, experience, market demands, and internal pay parity. Depending on the position offered, equity and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.

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