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Triple Whale · 7 hours ago

Senior Cloud/Backend Engineer

Triple Whale is the source of truth for eCommerce brands, centralizing analytics for smarter decision-making. They are seeking a Senior Cloud Backend Engineer to join their Infrastructure Team, focusing on building reliable and scalable systems while participating in on-call rotations.

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Responsibilities

Deploy and support our service infrastructure in Kubernetes
Identify the right tools and technologies for major initiatives and then build them
Help other teams and developers design robust and scalable systems
Scale and optimize multiple databases
Build internal tooling that accelerates developer velocity
Provide observability, monitoring, and visibility across our systems
On-Call Responsibilities (2–3 rotations per month)- You will participate in a shared on-call rotation, typically 2–3 times per month, covering the period from Friday at 7:00 AM ET through Saturday at 5:00 PM ET

Qualification

KubernetesCloud platformsDatabase scalingMonitoring systemsNode.jsTypeScriptPythonCI/CDHands-on builder mentalityCommunicationOwnership mindset

Required

3+ years of experience as an independent backend or infrastructure engineer
Ability to design and build scalable, reliable systems
Strong communication skills
Hands-on builder mentality — this is a coding role
Strong understanding of system architecture and cross-service dependencies
Previous real-world experience in production on-call environments
Ability to quickly assess incidents, identify scope/root cause, and understand platform impact
Ability to classify severity and prioritize response appropriately
Capability to deploy safe production hotfixes when needed
Solid judgment under pressure - especially when operating independently
Ownership mindset: from detection to mitigation to resolution
Experience with Relational and non-relational databases
Experience with Major Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure), GCP is an advantage
Experience with Streaming systems
Experience with Scaling large systems
Experience with Message queues
Experience with Monitoring systems like DataDog, Grafana, Groundcover
Experience with CI/CD, Git

Preferred

Bonus Skills: Kubernetes and Knative (production experience) & ClickHouse

Company

Triple Whale

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Triple Whale is the eCommerce operating system for Shopify brands.

H1B Sponsorship

Triple Whale has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2024 (3)
2023 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$52.7M
Key Investors
NFXElephant
2023-02-02Series B· $25M
2022-03-24Seed· $3.7M
2022-03-11Series A· $24M

Leadership Team

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AJ Orbach
Co-Founder
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Ivan Chernykh
Co-Founder / Chief Technology Officer
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