Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Core Storage)

Zip is tackling the $50B+TAM space to transform the way businesses manage spend. Our co-founders started Zip (YC S2020) because they saw the challenges companies had using outdated 20 year old software to manage hundreds of millions of dollars in spend every year. We invented the world’s leading Intake-to-Procure solution to bring a consumer grade user experience to B2B purchasing. And, we’re just getting started.

We're a fast growing team that helped scale category-defining companies like Airbnb, Facebook, Salesforce, Apple, Quora, Pinterest, and Square. With $180 million in funding from YC Continuity (Y Combinator), CRV and Tiger Global, we're valued at $1.5 billion in just 3 years. In today's economic climate, the value we offer our customers is more critical than ever and our business is accelerating. We're growing quickly and need your help!

Your Role

Zip's products are built on top of Ent and TAO, our proprietary database access layer inspired by Facebook's Ent and TAO. As a member of the Infra team, you will primarily work on Ent, TAO, and the underlying database. You will collaborate with product engineering teams to design new features for Ent and TAO that better support their use cases. Additionally, you will enhance database scalability, reliability, and performance to support the company's growth.

You Will

• Evolve Zip’s data access layer for sharded and distributed databases, to support Zip’s global expansion. 
• Improve database scalability, reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.
• Support and influence the technical designs of Zip’s products.

Qualifications

• Experience: Over 5 years of software engineering experience, particularly in cloud infrastructure.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related technical field involving coding, such as Physics or Mathematics.
• Technical Skills: Proven experience in designing and implementing data access layers, such as ORM, Ent, and TAO.
• Adaptability: Demonstrated ability and eagerness to quickly learn new frameworks, architectural patterns, and programming languages as needed.

Nice to Haves

• • Experience working on AWS-managed databases.
  • Prior experience designing and implementing distributed systems such as databases or storage solutions.

The salary range for this role is $160,000 - $220,000. The salary for this position is determined based on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant experience, education, or particular skills and expertise.

Perks & Benefits

At Zip, we’re committed to providing our employees with everything they need to do their best work.

•   Start-up equity