Senior Systems Engineer
Core
Engineer and operate large-scale global web infrastructure supporting billions of page views, focusing on availability, performance, security, and reliability.
Role type
Senior Systems Engineer (Infrastructure)
Builds
Large-scale web infrastructure, Nginx environments, MySQL/MariaDB deployments, PHP applications
Domain
Internet / Web Infrastructure
Required skills
Nginx (advanced routing, load balancing, high availability), MySQL/MariaDB operations, PHP application debugging, lower-level systems knowledge (filesystems, networking, memory management, kernel), capacity planning, incident response, disaster recovery, performance optimization
Preferred skills
None stated
Technologies
Nginx, MySQL, MariaDB, PHP
Responsibilities
Maximize service availability through capacity planning, architectural decisions, automation, and incident response; Design, build, and maintain large-scale web infrastructure; Manage and optimize Nginx environments; Operate and maintain large MySQL/MariaDB deployments; Run, troubleshoot, and optimize PHP applications at scale; Investigate and improve interactions between application services and lower-level systems; Optimize server-side and client-side performance; Develop disaster recovery capabilities; Remove operational friction for developers by providing infrastructure expertise; Independently architect, prototype, and maintain solutions for complex infrastructure requirements
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
