Software Engineer, Infra

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Salary: (Not provided)

AstralAt is building next-generation developer tools for the Python ecosystem, having created Ruff (a Python linter and formatter) and uv (a Python package manager). They are now developing a state-of-the-art type checker and hosted services. This role involves building their first hosted product, a full-stack, greenfield effort integrated with their open-source tooling. The candidate will significantly influence the technical stack and direction of the product.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in building highly performant and robust cloud infrastructure at scale.
• Ability to apply this experience in a startup environment, prioritizing key decisions and investments.
• Demonstrated experience with choosing and managing hosting and cloud providers.
• Experience with deployment systems and cloud storage strategies.
• Experience with backend API design and database infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of on-prem, Bring Your Own Cloud, and other deployment models.

Responsibilities

• Choosing our hosting and cloud provider(s).
• Building out our deployment system.
• Designing (and productionizing) our cloud storage and content serving strategies.
• Designing (and productionizing) our backend API.
• Designing (and productionizing) our database schema and infrastructure.
• Navigating on-prem, Bring Your Own Cloud, and other deployment models.

Application Instructions

The hiring process is entirely remote and does not include any live coding segments. It consists of three phases:

1. Take-home project: Building a tool based on a pre-defined specification.
2. Presentation: (Details not provided)

Company Information

• Company: AstralAt
• Mission: To make the Python ecosystem more productive by building next-generation developer tools.
• Team: Remote and distributed, hiring from Pacific Time (e.g., San Francisco, USA) to Central European Time (e.g., Munich, Germany).
• Collaboration: Highly collaborative, with much asynchronous communication (Discord, GitHub, Notion).
• Values: A small, high-trust team focused on shipping excellent software at a fast pace.
• Benefits: Competitive salary and equity, comprehensive benefits (healthcare and more).
• Social: Twice-annual, week-long in-person on-sites.