Senior Backend Infrastructure Engineer

Beli Technologies, Inc.

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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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