Aura Home, Inc. · 1 month ago
Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure - Scaling & Performance
New York City, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$160K/yr - $220K/yr
10+ years expAura is a company that builds digital frames to foster closer connections among loved ones. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their infrastructure engineering team to design, build, and operate scalable backend systems for their Rails API, ensuring high performance and security.
Consumer ElectronicsDigital MediaOnline PortalsPhoto EditingPhoto Sharing
Responsibilities
Architect and implement sharding in our PostgreSQL backed Rails api
Lead initiatives to improve system reliability, including monitoring, alerting, and incident response
Reduce application and database costs
Qualification
Required
Deep experience scaling consumer applications and infrastructure to tens of millions of users
Experience in low-latency async distributed systems
Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including compute, storage, networking, and database services
Experience at a startup with fewer than 100 employees
10+ years of relevant experience
Strong coding skills in Ruby, Python, or similar languages
Hands-on experience with reliability engineering practices: SLIs, SLOs, monitoring, alerting, and incident management
Benefits
Generous stock option program - begins vesting after 1 year
Comprehensive health plans - Aura pays 100% of the premium for employees and 50% for families.
401(k) with match - Aura fully matches the first 4% of your salary contributed
Lunch and snacks - In SF & NY Offices
$150 monthly fitness allowance - gym, coaching, etc
Flexible time off - and you’re required to take at least 10 days off each year
Company
Aura Home, Inc.
Aura blends software, hardware, and design into products that drive connection between loved ones.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$40.89MKey Investors
Lago Innovation FundSpark CapitalDCVC
2022-11-22Series B· $26M
2022-11-22Debt Financing
2017-06-29Series Unknown· $5.5M
Leadership Team
Eric Jensen
CTO
Chris Johnson
CFO
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