Backend Engineer - Infrastructure at Front

San Francisco, California, United States

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$180,000 – $210,000Compensation

Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Technology, SaaSIndustries

Requirements

Be excited about cloud infrastructure!
Product mindset, we’re a product company on a mission to “advance how people work”
Industry experience with highly available, large-scale distributed systems at a large-scale internet service
Experience working on software systems built atop Amazon Web Services
Fluency in a dynamic language like Node.JS, Python, Rust, or similar
Strong track record of launching and delivering projects of significant complexity and high level of ambiguity
Understand the trade-offs in employing different technical solutions to a problem, valuing pragmatism over idealism
Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, collaborative, and high-growth environment
This is a hybrid role, expected to be in our SF office on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Responsibilities

Building and automating our next-generation cells architecture, a horizontal scaling platform that allows us to support growing customers all over the world
Automate rebalancing of our customers across our cells to spread the load (without downtime!)
Design and implement a new Kubernetes staging environment that engineers can spin up in under a minute
Build tools to scale developer workflows for a >50 person engineering team, for example, schema migration automation tool to run online MySQL migrations across a large number of production database shards
Troubleshoot and resolve low-level bugs and issues, e.g. memcached throughput exceeding AWS caps, network partitions in our AWS VPC
Design, deploy and operate asynchronous work queues, high-volume storage systems, high-throughput systems: You should not be afraid of writing code that will decide to start or stop 1000 servers

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

KubernetesHorizontal ScalingAuto-scalingShardingScalable StorageDatabase OptimizationApplication Performance Monitoring

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

What is the salary range for the Backend Engineer - Infrastructure role?

The salary range is $180K - $210K.

Is this a remote position or does it require office work?

This information is not specified in the job description.

What skills and experience are required for this role?

Candidates need excitement about cloud infrastructure, a product mindset, industry experience with highly available large-scale distributed systems, experience with Amazon Web Services, and fluency in a dynamic language like Node.JS, Python, or Rust.

What is the company culture like at Front?

Front has received numerous Great Place to Work accolades, including Built In's 100 Best Midsize Places to Work in SF 2025 and #4 on Fortune’s Best Workplaces in the Bay Area, emphasizing a collaborative and innovative environment as a product company on a mission to advance how people work.

What makes a strong candidate for this Backend Engineer role?

A strong candidate will have a strong track record of launching projects and experience with highly available, large-scale distributed systems on AWS, along with fluency in dynamic languages and excitement for building scalable infrastructure like cells architecture and Kubernetes environments.

Front

Communication hub for customer relationship management

About Front

Front is a communication hub that helps businesses improve their customer relationships by providing tools for quick and personal responses to inquiries. It organizes messages from various channels, enhances team collaboration, and improves response times, making it especially useful for industries like professional services and B2B technology. The company operates on a subscription-based model, allowing it to offer scalable solutions for both small and large businesses. Front's goal is to empower companies to enhance their customer interactions through efficient communication.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters

2014Year Founded

$197.8MTotal Funding

SERIES_DCompany Stage

Consulting, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries

201-500Employees