Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Ll Oefentherapie; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ll Oefentherapie in Nashville, TN is seeking an engineer to design and implement components in distributed systems with a focus on scalability, resiliency, and operability.

You will deliver features and run load tests, build fault-tolerant paths, automate troubleshooting, and ensure security controls and documentation are maintained.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing components in distributed systems.
• Ability to run load/performance tests.
• Experience with automation and IaC.
• Strong debugging and incident response skills.
• Knowledge of security controls and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Design distributed components for scalability and operability.
• Implement fault-tolerant paths with retries, circuit breakers, and timeouts.
• Develop automation and IaC for troubleshooting and maintenance.
• Proactively monitor systems with telemetry and dashboards; write runbooks.
• Review peer implementations for scalability and reliability.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Load testing

Fault tolerance

Incident response

Automation / IaC

Telemetry & monitoring

Security controls

Runbooks

Job description

• Designs, implements, and optimizes components in distributed systems with an emphasis on scalability, resiliency, and operability.
• Delivers features and load/performance tests; leverages data plane platforms and distributed state tools for high-volume retrieval, storage, and processing; and reviews peers' implementations for scalability compliance.
• Builds fault-tolerant paths (redundancy, replication, automatic failover), applies recovery-oriented principles, and implements retries, circuit breakers, and timeouts.
• Proactively detects and mitigates issues via tests, alarms, dashboards, and telemetry; authors runbooks and participates in incident response and RCAs.
• Implements standard replication and synchronization, develops automation/IaC for troubleshooting and maintenance, and applies advanced security controls (encryption, access, remediation) while ensuring change, compliance, and documentation standards are met.