Senior Software Engineer (Platform Engineer), Cloud Storage

VTEX; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual profit-sharing program and, if,

Health, dental, and life insurance

Budget for professional development

Language development incentive program

Flexible meal allowance

Extended parental leaves

Child-care assistance

Remote-first culture

Work-from-home setup support

Wellness program

Free shipping on VTEX stores

Job summary

VTEX is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Cloud Storage to design, build, and operate the data backbone of our platform. You will work on SQL/NoSQL storage, search engines, and object storage, delivering self-service tooling for faster product delivery.

You will contribute to high availability and resilience, automate workflows, and collaborate across squads to ship features with confidence. This role emphasizes platform engineering and scalable storage solutions.

Qualifications

• Senior IC with end-to-end delivery of complex infra projects.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, search engines, and object storage.
• Ability to build developer-facing platforms and self-service tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate services behind SQL/NoSQL/Search/Object Storage offerings.
• Scale the data layer with sharding, replication, and migrations in multi-tenant environments.
• Build for developer velocity by creating integration libraries and IaC modules.
• Own high availability, performance, and resilience; participate in on-call and define SLOs.
• Eliminate toil by replacing manual requests with automated, self-service solutions.

Skills

Software Engineering

Platform/Infra engineering

Cloud infrastructure

Distributed systems

Developer experience

Tools

Aurora

RDS Postgres

SQL Server

Redis/Valkey

DynamoDB

Elasticsearch

OpenSearch

Solr

S3

EFS

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Senior Software Engineer on Cloud Storage, you will join the core team responsible for the data backbone of our platform. We are looking for a platform-minded engineer to build and operate an ecosystem that encompasses everything from SQL (Aurora, RDS Postgres, SQL Server) and key-value stores (Redis/Valkey, DynamoDB) to Search Engines (Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Apache Solr), Object Storage (S3), and network file storage (EFS).
You will work in a squad of infrastructure and software engineers, acting as a true Platform Engineering team. The mission is not just to keep the databases running flawlessly, but to drastically increase developer velocity. You will achieve this by building autonomous “storage-as-a-service” environments, creating self-service tooling, and maintaining the integration libraries, proxies, and SDKs that allow our product squads to ship features faster and with confidence.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Build the Storage Platform: Design, build, and operate the services, proxies, and automation behind our SQL, NoSQL, Search, and Object Storage offerings, applying software engineering principles to operations.
• Scale the Data Layer: Work on sharding, replication, capacity planning, Multi-AZ resilience, and large-scale migrations (e.g., SQL Server from Windows to Linux) in a high-volume, multi-tenant environment.
• Build for Developer Velocity: Treat infrastructure as a product. Build integration libraries, APIs, IaC modules, and “golden paths” that reduce cognitive load for developers and accelerate product delivery.
• Ensure Extreme Reliability: Own high availability, performance, and resilience across the data layers: take part in on-call, drive incident follow-ups, and define SLOs and burn-rate alerts.
• Eliminate Toil: Identify operational bottlenecks and replace manual requests with automated, self-service solutions.

WHO YOU ARE

• Strong Engineer: You have a solid background in Software Engineering and Platform/Infrastructure engineering, knowing how to apply software principles to operations.
• Senior IC: You are a Senior Software Engineer (L3 level) with a proven track record of delivering complex technical projects end to end, from design to production, and raising the bar for the engineers around you.
• Domain Expert: You have deep, hands-on experience dealing with massive scale across diverse data engines: Relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, Aurora, SQL Server), NoSQL (e.g., Redis/Valkey, DynamoDB), Search (e.g., Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Solr), and Object Storage, including performance tuning and production troubleshooting.
• Product-Minded: You understand that your customers are other developers. You have experience building integration libraries, IaC modules, or internal developer platforms.
• Forward-Thinking: You are hands-on and curious about using AI/LLMs, automation, and modern dev tools to boost your team’s speed and quality, while staying thoughtful about responsible use.
• Global Communicator: Fluent English; you are capable of collaborating effectively in a fast-paced global environment.

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About VTEX

VTEX (NYSE: VTEX) is the composable and complete commerce platform that delivers more efficiency and less maintenance to organizations seeking to make smarter IT investments and modernize their tech stack. Through our pragmatic composability approach, we empower brands, distributors, and retailers with unparalleled flexibility and comprehensive solutions, enabling them to invest solely in what provides a clear business advantage and boosts profitability. VTEX is trusted by 2,400 global B2C and B2B customers, including Carrefour, Colgate, Motorola, Sony, Stanley Black & Decker, and Whirlpool, having 3,400 active online stores across 43 countries (as of FY ended on December 31, 2024).

Founded in the year 2000, VTEX has a history of being unstoppable. Completely against the odds, VTEX is leading a high-tech industry and positioned above market giants. We are building an extraordinary future with more than 1,300 employees scattered across 25 locations in 16 countries in Latin America, North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.vtex.com.

At VTEX, you will work in a challenge-driven environment and collaborate with amazing peers. If you are powerful individually, join us, and we will be unstoppable together.

BENEFITS

• Annual profit-sharing program and equity eligibility;
• Health, dental, and life insurance with national coverage provided by VTEX;
• Annual budget for professional development in Tech;
• Language development incentive program (English, Spanish, Portuguese);
• Flexible meal allowance;
• Extended parental leaves;
• Child-care assistance;
• Flexible work schedule and remote-first culture;
• Financial assistance to build your work-from-home setup;
• Wellness program;
• Free shipping on 1000+ VTEX stores