Senior Backend Infrastructure Engineer

Beli Technologies, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Beli Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Backend Infrastructure Engineer in New York. The role involves scaling core systems on Google Cloud Platform and working on application scalability, reliability, security, and developer tooling. Ideal candidates should have 4+ years of experience in backend systems, expertise in GCP, and strong skills in Python and Django. The position includes significant ownership and offers meaningful equity as part of the compensation package.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a software engineer focused on backend systems.
• Strong experience designing and operating scalable production systems on GCP.
• Deep knowledge of CI/CD and observability.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable backend systems and infrastructure.
• Own and improve production systems on Google Cloud Platform.
• Strengthen application and infrastructure security across the stack.

Skills

Backend systems design

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Python

Database optimization (Postgres)

CI/CD

Security best practices

Distributed systems

Tools

Django

Docker

GitHub Actions

TypeScript / Angular

Job description

By changing the way people explore restaurants, Beli has emerged as one of the fastest-growing consumer platforms in the country. Beli helps people build organized restaurant lists and maps, share them with friends, and discover new spots around the world according to their personal taste.

We’re building a highly personalized consumer platform with real-time social activity, recommendation systems, maps, and large-scale data infrastructure. As our user base grows rapidly, we’re investing heavily in scalability, reliability, security, and developer infrastructure.

Job Overview

We’re looking for an experienced Backend Infrastructure Engineer to help scale the core systems powering Beli.

In this role, you’ll own critical parts of our backend and infrastructure stack on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including application scalability, cloud architecture, reliability, observability, security, CI/CD, and developer tooling. You’ll work closely with the CTO and engineering team to ensure Beli remains fast, reliable, and secure as we continue to grow.

This is a highly impactful role with significant ownership and autonomy. The ideal candidate enjoys building robust systems in fast-moving startup environments and is excited to shape the technical foundation of a rapidly growing consumer product.

Responsibilities

Backend Architecture & Scalability

• Design and implement scalable backend systems and infrastructure
• Improve performance, reliability, and efficiency across our services and databases
• Optimize Postgres, caching layers, background job systems, and APIs
• Design systems that support rapid product iteration while maintaining operational excellence
• Lead architectural decisions around scalability, resiliency, and distributed systems

Infrastructure & DevOps

• Own and improve our cloud infrastructure and deployment systems on GCP
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, observability tooling, and operational dashboards
• Improve monitoring, alerting, logging, and incident response processes
• Manage infrastructure automation and environment consistency
• Improve engineering velocity through internal tooling and platform improvements

Security & Reliability

• Strengthen application and infrastructure security across the stack
• Implement best practices around authentication, authorization, secrets management, and data protection
• Lead efforts around uptime, disaster recovery, backups, and operational resilience
• Conduct infrastructure reviews, audits, and reliability improvements

Engineering Collaboration

• Partner closely with product and engineering teams to support new feature development
• Help establish engineering best practices and technical standards
• Mentor engineers on backend architecture, infrastructure, and operational excellence
• Participate in technical planning and long-term architecture discussions

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a software engineer focused on backend systems, infrastructure, or platform engineering
• Strong experience designing and operating scalable production systems on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Experience with GCP services such as Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, Cloud Tasks, Load Balancing, IAM, and Monitoring
• Strong experience with Python and backend frameworks such as Django
• Deep knowledge of CI/CD, observability, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and automated deployments
• Strong understanding of production security best practices and operational reliability
• Experience optimizing Postgres performance and database design
• Ability to operate independently and take ownership in fast-paced startup environments
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Grit, hustle, intellectual curiosity, and a strong builder mentality

Nice to Have

• Experience scaling consumer social or marketplace products
• Experience with asynchronous systems and job queues
• Experience building internal developer platforms or tooling
• Experience at high-growth startups

Technologies We Use

• Python / Django
• Docker
• GitHub Actions
• TypeScript / Angular

Compensation

Compensation will be determined based on experience and skills. This position includes meaningful equity as part of the total compensation package.