Senior Software Engineer, Product Data Platform — Hybrid Seattle

Brex Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to four weeks of remote work per year

Hybrid work environment

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

A leading fintech company in Seattle is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Product Data Platform team. This role involves optimizing performance of backend systems and building scalable infrastructure for critical product experiences. Candidates should have over 7 years of experience in backend engineering, particularly with relational databases, and demonstrate strong communication skills for effective collaboration. The role offers competitive compensation within a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience building and operating production systems at scale.
• Experience building platforms or infrastructure used by real customers.
• Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and optimize complex query plans and execution paths.
• Drive schema and access-pattern improvements.
• Debug and remediate latency issues in production systems.
• Design and operate distributed systems considering tradeoffs.

Skills

Backend engineering

Relational databases

Query plan design

Performance optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Postgres

Java

Kotlin

OpenSearch

Job description

A leading fintech company in Seattle is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Product Data Platform team. This role involves optimizing performance of backend systems and building scalable infrastructure for critical product experiences. Candidates should have over 7 years of experience in backend engineering, particularly with relational databases, and demonstrate strong communication skills for effective collaboration. The role offers competitive compensation within a hybrid working environment.