Staff Infrastructure Engineer, Volley

• This role is ideal for a seasoned engineer who thrives on building and optimizing large-scale distributed systems, guiding teams through complex challenges, and shaping the future of our platform
• We’re looking for someone who is curious, empathetic, and a creative problem solver.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on backend development and infrastructure
• Proven experience building and operating large-scale, distributed systems
• Deep understanding of cloud environments (preferably AWS) and infrastructure optimization
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform and CI/CD systems
• Strong experience managing Kubernetes clusters in production environments
• Proficiency in DevOps best practices, including automation, capacity planning, and infrastructure scaling
• Solid understanding of observability, monitoring, and incident response
• High degree of empathy for users, both internal and external, with the ability to simplify complex systems for broader engineering teams

Desirable

• We are seeking a Staff Infrastructure Engineer to design and implement scalable, high-performance infrastructure to power Volley’s portfolio of voice-controlled games and interactive experiences.
• You will be responsible to ensure that our infrastructure meets our current and future needs as we scale our games and platforms.
• You will work in partnership with our games and platforms teams and instill best practices across teams.
• You will have significant impact and visibility across our organization, collaborating with company leadership, our product and platform teams to understand business goals, driving technical decision-making on the Infrastructure team, and setting a standard of excellence for the broader engineering organization
• Architect and implement infrastructure solutions using cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes and AWS to support large-scale, distributed applications
• Build and maintain comprehensive observability systems, ensuring real-time visibility into system health and performance
• Research and implement tools to automate infrastructure provisioning and management, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform, and capacity planning
• Mentor and guide engineers, promoting best practices in infrastructure design, security, and performance optimization
• Analyze and resolve complex infrastructure issues, ensuring system stability and resilience
• Work closely with platform, core games, AI, and other engineering teams to drive infrastructure improvements and align on technical strategies
• Continuously assess and implement new technologies to address evolving developer challenges

• Stage 1: (Preliminary Video Call) with a member of our recruitment team
• Stage 2: (Technical Screen Video Call) with one of our engineers + (Behavioral Screen Video Call) with one of our engineering managers
• Stage 3: (Onsite) with various partners and team members
• Stage 4: (Offer)