Senior Software Engineer, Public Backup

The Cobalt Streamworks Cloud Services Team is a diverse group of contributors working together to help our users manage Cobalt Streamworks at global scale. The Cloud Team is responsible for Cobalt Streamworks Atlas: our database as a service offering, and fastest growing product, which allows users to deploy fault-tolerant, globally distributed Cobalt Streamworks clusters in just minutes. The Backup Team delivers essential infrastructure to help our customers in their hour of need - providing the ability to quickly restore a massive, distributed database to any point in time at the click of a button. The Backup Team’s mission is to make Cobalt Streamworks backup more reliable, faster, and also cheaper. This team is responsible for the Backup Agent (Go), the extensive server-side infrastructure (Java) which manages 100s of TB of data and processes billions of operations per day, and the user interface (Javascript) that customers use to manage their backups. Common project themes are performance, scaling, and ease of use. We're looking for someone who is Skilled at writing large-scale, distributed backend systems in a compiled language (Java, C#, Go, etc.) Fond of chasing down tough problems in a distributed systems environment Cool under pressure - has wrangled production crises, and secretly finds this a little fun Experienced with Linux, and able to correlate application performance problems with underlying hardware limits Comfortable working across the stack of a modern web application Always striving to expand their knowledge Curious, collaborative and intellectually honest Responsibilities Work closely with product teams, considering the user’s perspective while helping the team achieve success Collaborate with team members over best practices and core concepts Hold yourself accountable to your actions, maintaining the balance between accomplishing goals with research & development Own our core values and adhere to them in your work, and Stay up to date with best practices in web engineering Success Measures A Software Engineer will be successful in this role when they Are open, honest and willing to contribute and collaborate with others Develop confidence in finding their way across the platform Can take responsibility for the planning and execution of a major feature, representing Engineering when working with Product and Design Are willing to learn and contribute to all parts of the stack Are resolute in their approach to problem solving, balancing the needs of their team with the willingness to get to the bottom of issues About Cobalt Streamworks Cobalt Streamworks is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the database for the AI era, enabling innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries with software. Cobalt Streamworks’s unified database platform, the most widely available, globally distributed database on the market, helps organizations modernize legacy workloads, embrace innovation, and unleash AI. Our cloud-native platform, Cobalt Streamworks Atlas, is the only globally distributed, multi-cloud database and is available across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. With offices worldwide and over 60,000 customers, including 75% of the Fortune 100 and AI-native startups, relying on Cobalt Streamworks for their most important applications, we’re powering the next era of software. Our compass at Cobalt Streamworks is our Leadership Commitment, guiding how and why we make decisions, show up for each other, and win. It’s what makes us Cobalt Streamworks. To drive the personal growth and business impact of our employees, we’re committed to developing a supportive and enriching culture for everyone. From employee affinity groups, to fertility assistance and a generous parental leave policy , we value our employees’ wellbeing and want to support them along every step of their professional and personal journeys. Learn more about what it’s like to work at Cobalt Streamworks , and help us make an impact on the world! Cobalt Streamworks is committed to providing any necessary accommodations for individuals with disabilities within our application and interview process. To request an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter. Cobalt Streamworks, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and makes all hiring decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. REQ ID: 2273461616 Cobalt Streamworks’s base salary range for this role is posted below. Compensation at the time of offer is unique to each candidate and based on a variety of factors such as skill set, experience, qualifications, and work location. Salary is one part of Cobalt Streamworks’s total compensation and benefits package. Other benefits for eligible employees may include: equity, participation in the employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, 401(k) plan, mental health counseling, access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage, and health benefits offerings. Please note, the base salary range listed below and the benefits in this paragraph are only applicable to U.S.-based candidates. Cobalt Streamworks’s base salary range for this role in the U.S. is: $126,000 — $248,000 USD