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# Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Online Storage)

- **Company:** The Ladders
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $173,000.0 - $233,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Databases, Distributed Data Store, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Load Testing, MySQL, Performance Tuning, SQL Databases, Backend, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Terraform
- **Published:** October 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/pq00obqzdy

## About the Role

* 5+ years of experience as a software engineer
 * Proficiency in backend technologies such as Python, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, Terraform, and Kubernetes
 * Hands-on experience with large-scale database deployments in production
 * Expertise in distributed databases such as MySQL, TiDB, Postgres, and similar systems
 * Solid understanding of distributed database architecture and performance tuning
 * Experience with database benchmarking, load testing, and capacity planning
 * Familiarity with connection poolers and proxies such as ProxySQL and RDS Proxy

## Description

This role will focus on the design, operation, and reliability of large-scale storage systems that power critical backend services. You will work closely with engineering partners to build resilient database infrastructure, support zero-downtime migrations, and improve the performance and availability of core platform components. The position also involves cross-functional collaboration to help the team deliver dependable technical foundations for customer-facing products., * Build and operate the control plane for large-scale distributed SQL databases

 * Design and execute reliability-focused schema and data migrations with zero downtime
 * Own the networking stack connecting services to storage on Kubernetes
 * Lead engineers through ambiguity to solve open-ended problems
 * Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics throughout the product lifecycle
 * Proactively identify and advocate for project, process, or technology issues
 * Create and monitor metrics to support operations and availability of team artifacts