Software Engineer, Infrastructure (8+ YOE)

Airtable; New York, Seattle, San Francisco (NY, WA, CA); Hybrid; USD 196,000 - 339,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Restricted stock units

Incentive compensation

Job summary

Airtable is seeking a Software Engineer, Infrastructure, in New York, NY, or remote. In this role, you'll enhance critical product infrastructure and ensure great developer experiences.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of experience in databases and distributed systems, a strong computer science background, and is passionate about scalable and secure systems. The salary range is $196,000 - $339,900 depending on location and skills.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of industry experience.
• Excited about learning new technologies in a fast-changing environment.
• Strong background in computer science.

Responsibilities

• Identify and lead improvements to Airtable’s infrastructure.
• Work on systems-level problems with a focus on scalability and reliability.
• Maintain abstractions for Airtable’s engineers.

Skills

Databases

Distributed Systems

Service-oriented Architectures

Data Infrastructure

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Software Engineer, Infrastructure (8+ YOE)

San Francisco, CA; New York, NY; Remote - US (Seattle, WA only)

Airtable is the no-code app platform that empowers people closest to the work to accelerate their most critical business processes. More than 500,000 organizations, including 80% of the Fortune 100, rely on Airtable to transform how work gets done.

Airtable’s infrastructure is evolving to meet the needs of our fast growing engineering org. We are looking for backend engineers to join our team to help improve critical product infrastructure, with a focus on building systems that have a great developer experience and will scale as we grow.

Current Openings

• Compute: The compute pod builds and manages our Kubernetes‑based platform that supports every service at Airtable, including all new AI services such as vector databases, AI evals store, and document extraction and understanding services.
  • Overhauling our network stack and service discovery, to simplify service setup and strengthen security
  • Region level disaster recovery, and bringing up compute platform from 0->1 in a new region
  • Building custom Kubernetes operators for reliably managing some of our most critical workloads
• Developer Platform: The Developer Platform team sits at the intersection of all engineering at Airtable, focusing on building the internal tooling, frameworks, and CI/CD systems that power our product teams. We strive to streamline developer workflows – from build and test cycles to production deployments—and foster a best‑in‑class developer experience. Join us if you’re passionate about creating high‑leverage solutions that enable engineers to deliver features quickly, reliably, and at scale.

What you’ll do

• Proactively identify and lead significant improvements to Airtable’s infrastructure, working across teams and product areas to maximize business and engineering impact.
• Work on systems‑level problems in a complex design space where scalability, efficiency, reliability, and security really matter.
• Build clean, reusable, and maintainable abstractions that will be used by Airtable’s engineers for years to come.
• Take full ownership of components of Airtable’s infrastructure, including responsibility for reliability, performance, efficiency, and observability of our production environment.

Who you are

• You have at least 8 years of industry experience, and are excited about learning new technologies and applying them in a fast‑changing environment. This is not an early career position.
• You have experience in areas such as databases, distributed systems, service‑oriented architectures, and data infrastructure.
• You derive joy from refactoring and building clean abstractions in order to make complex systems fun to develop on and easy to understand.
• You have a strong background in computer science with a degree in CS or a related field.
• You are currently based or willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area or New York City for this role.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Airtable is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and strive to create a workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any characteristic protected by applicable federal and state laws, regulations and ordinances.

Compensation

Compensation varies by location, relevant skills, and experience.

Our total compensation package also includes the opportunity to receive benefits, restricted stock units, and may include incentive compensation.

For work locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, New York City, and Los Angeles, the base salary range for this role is:

$196,000 - $339,900 USD