Software Engineer - Infrastructure

WorkOS; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company builds tools for developers and is seeking a Software Engineer - Infrastructure to join their team in San Francisco. This role focuses on both foundational and strategic aspects of the engineering team, contributing to high growth while ensuring quality and consistency in operations. Candidates should possess strong experience in cloud services and a passion for developer tools, with responsibilities spanning strategy influence, operational improvements, and project management.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Substantial equity grants

Healthcare insurance

401k matching

Wellness and fitness allowances

PTO + paid holidays + unlimited sick leave

Autonomy and flexibility with remote work

Qualifications

• 5+ years of overall software engineering experience.
• 3+ years building/scaling infrastructure.
• Experience with large-scale services in cloud.

Responsibilities

• Influence long-term infrastructure strategy.
• Improve engineering operational excellence.
• Build new SDKs and third-party integrations.

Skills

cloud services

programming languages

mentorship

communication skills

prioritization

Tools

TypeScript

React

Postgres

Job description

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About WorkOS
WorkOS builds tools and services for developers to help them implement authentication, identity, authorization, and overall enterprise readiness. We’re a fully distributed team with employees across North American time zones. We’re well-funded, having raised an $80M Series B. Our fast-growing customer base includes hundreds of rapidly growing SaaS companies like Webflow, Vercel, Plaid, Loom, and Drata.

About The Role
WorkOS is growing rapidly and building out our team of engineers! We’re specifically looking for an experienced engineer to join our Foundations team, responsible for building out the foundational pieces that our product teams build on. The team is both strategic and tactical, so we’ll be looking to you to influence long-term strategy while delivering on key pieces during our high growth phase.

You’ll be joining a team of passionate engineers who obsess over developer tools and documentation. We all have profound empathy with other developers and aim to improve engineering operational excellence.

Responsibilities ️

• Ability to influence long-term infra strategy while delivering infra pieces during a high growth phase
• Improve engineering operational excellence (metrics, alarms, oncall, incidents, internal tooling)
• Scope projects, document decisions, and coordinate changes
• Build new SDKs and third-party integrations
• Spearhead development of tooling and instrumentation that improves our API reliability
• Debug user issues and adapt product to remove points of friction
• Our stack is TypeScript, React, and Postgres (bonus points if you are familiar with these, but it's not required)
  
  
  
  
  

Qualifications

• 5+ years of overall software eng experience with 3+ years of experience building/scaling/maintaining/debugging product infrastructure
• Deep understanding of cloud services
• "been there done that" with running large scale services and databases in cloud services
• Intellectually curious, independently driven, and passionate about great products
• Expert-level skill in at least one programming language and familiarity with others
• Experience working on small teams in fast-paced environments
• Excellent prioritization skills
• Experience building and shipping web applications and/or API services end-to-end
• Our stack is TypeScript, React, and Postgres (bonus points if you are familiar with these, but it's not required)
• A growth mindset, high emotional intelligence, and strong communication skills
• Experience with mentorship for fellow team members
• Bonus: Experienced in B2B SaaS, developer tools, or a related industry
  
  
  
  
  

The annual US base salary falls within the range of $175,000 to $250,000. This range does not encompass the full spectrum of benefits such as equity, health insurance, vacation time, and paid parental leave. This salary range covers multiple levels of engineering roles and final compensation will be determined considering various factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications.

Benefits (US Only)

At WorkOS, we offer resources that emphasize personal and familial well-being. We offer healthcare coverage for you and your family, including medical, dental, and vision. We offer parental leave, paid-time off and fully remote working arrangements.

Benefits include:

• Competitive pay
• Substantial equity grants
• Healthcare insurance (Medical, Dental and Vision) for you and your family
• 401k matching
• Wellness and fitness monthly allowances
• PTO + paid holidays + unlimited sick leave
• Autonomy and flexibility with remote work
  
  
  
  
  

Please inquire directly with our recruiting team for benefits available to those working outside the US.

Equal Opportunity Employer
WorkOS is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusiveness. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability or age.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Hospitality, Food and Beverage Services, and Retail

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