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Software Engineer (Infra)

Numeral· Engineering
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)$180k - $300kFull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Foundational software engineering role focused on building scalable, reliable infrastructure and defining the architecture of Numeral’s infrastructure platform.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build highly scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure to support critical APIs, services, and data pipelines.
  • Lead infrastructure architecture decisions for performance, observability, and fault tolerance.
  • Drive improvements in system reliability, monitoring, and incident response.
  • Collaborate closely with product, platform, and data engineering teams to enable rapid feature development without compromising stability.
  • Automate infrastructure management through infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration.
  • Champion best practices in operational excellence, disaster recovery, and distributed systems design.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience building and scaling backend or infrastructure systems in high-growth environments.
  • Proficiency in Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, and AWS (or equivalent cloud platforms).
  • Experience managing containerized workloads using tools like Kubernetes, ECS, or similar.
  • Expertise in observability tooling (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry) and monitoring pipelines.
  • Proven ability to design fault-tolerant, distributed systems at scale.
  • Strong debugging and performance optimization skills across the stack.
  • Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, with experience partnering cross-functionally.
  • Startup mindset: Not scared of ambiguity and hungry for rapid growth
  • Intesity & Ownership: This is not a 9-5 — we’re scaling rapidly and have a massive opportunity ahead of us.
  • Customer Obsession: You deeply care about the user experience and solving their problems

Skills

Required:Node.jsPostgreSQLRedisAWSKubernetes / ECSObservability tooling

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity - you’ll share directly in the company’s success
  • Full medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Wellness perks like Headspace and the Peloton One App
  • 401(k) to help you build long-term financial security
  • Lunch and snacks when you’re in the office
  • Regular team offsites and company events as we grow
  • A culture built on ownership - your work matters and people will see it!
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Numeral

SaaS & Ecommerce sales tax on autopilot.

Numeral handles all aspects of sales tax from registration to remittance for SaaS and e-commerce stores. We offer complete, white-glove service end to end.

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