175K–200K USD / year
Senior Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure
DevOpsWorkplace — United States
Published on 2026-10-20
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About this role
Build and improve the data infrastructure platform supporting Backblaze’s object storage and computer backup products. The role focuses on automation, observability, fleet health, reliability, and large-scale architectural changes.
About the company
Backblaze provides cloud object storage and backup services for individuals and businesses. It serves teams that need affordable, durable storage and simple data protection.
Stack
JavaRustC++C#GoLinuxPrometheusGrafana
What you'll do
- Build automation frameworks for provisioning, configuring, and repairing fleet infrastructure.
- Extend observability tools for monitoring platform health and degradation.
- Create dashboards and reports for fleet health, capacity, and operational trends.
- Develop tooling to detect hardware failures, configuration drift, and capacity risks.
- Lead technical design discussions and document cross-service changes.
- Drive large features from design through rollout, including migrations and backfills.
- Work with on-call teams to reduce toil and improve incident detection.
What we're looking for
- 7+ years of backend development in an enterprise environment.
- Experience with an object-oriented or systems language such as Java, Rust, C++, C#, or Go.
- Experience building automation platforms used by other engineers.
- Experience with large-scale systems running across thousands of servers.
- Working knowledge of observability tools, service instrumentation, and alert design.
- Strong Linux fundamentals and comfort with bare-metal or hybrid environments.
- Professional experience using AI-assisted development tools.
- Experience across the software development lifecycle, from design through rollout.
Nice to have
- Proficiency in Java.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code or configuration management tools.
- Experience designing SLOs and error budgets or reducing fleet alert noise.
- Experience with time-series databases and PromQL.
- Experience automating hardware lifecycle processes.
- Knowledge of CPU and I/O performance optimization, Linux internals, file systems, or hard drive performance.
- Experience building and interpreting models, dashboards, or reports.
Benefits
- Family healthcare, including dental and vision.
- 401(k), RSU grants, and an employee stock purchase program.
- Flexible vacation policy and parental leave.
- Workstation stipend and company-provided MacBook Pro.
- Childcare bonus and fertility support.
- Learning and development program.
- Commuter benefits.