Senior Software Engineer, Database Infrastructure

3 Months ago • 3 Years + • Devops • $160,000 PA - $190,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Monarch is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure to join their Infrastructure and Platform Engineering team. The role involves scaling the infrastructure that powers their personal finance platform, ensuring reliability, performance, and security. Responsibilities include building and maintaining highly available, scalable, and secure infrastructure on AWS using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), managing and expanding database infrastructure (Aurora and RDS), supporting container orchestration systems (ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation. The engineer will collaborate with other teams to ensure service observability, reliability, and performance, and continuously evaluate new infrastructure tools and practices.
Must have:
  • 3+ years of experience with large-scale production infrastructure
  • Proficiency in Python for scripting and automation
  • Experience with PostgreSQL administration/tuning
  • Deep experience with AWS services and Terraform
  • Experience with containerization (ECS, EKS, Kubernetes)
  • Strong communication and problem-solving skills
Good to have:
  • Familiarity with monitoring tools (Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Grafana)
  • Experience with incident management
  • Knowledge of cloud networking (VPC, subnets, routing, load balancing)
  • Strong documentation skills
Perks:
  • Fully remote work environment
  • Competitive cash and equity compensation
  • Stipend for home office setup
  • Competitive benefit plans
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 3-day weekends every month

Job Details

About Us:

Monarch is a powerful, all-in-one personal finance platform designed to help make the complexity of finances feel simple again. Since launching in 2021, we’ve become the top-recommended personal finance app by users and experts. Our goal? To take the stress out of finances so our members can focus on what truly matters.

We are a team of do-ers led by experienced entrepreneurs who are passionate about helping our members reach their financial goals. We are hyper focused on building a product people love and continuing to evolve based on user feedback.

As a fully remote company (even before COVID!), we welcome applicants from almost anywhere. Our team collaborates synchronously mostly from 9 AM – 2 PM PT and embraces asynchronous work to stay connected across time zones.

Join us on our mission to transform lives by simplifying money, together.

The Role:

Monarch is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure to join our Infrastructure and Platform Engineering team during a period of hyper-growth. Reporting directly to the Head of Software Infrastructure, you will help to scale the infrastructure that powers our product, ensuring reliability, performance, and security at every layer. This is a high-impact role where you'll shape the foundation of our systems and help us scale to support millions of users.

What You’ll Do:

  • Build and maintain highly available, scalable, and secure infrastructure on AWS using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).

  • Maintain and expand Monarch’s database infrastructure, including Aurora and RDS clusters, and support strategic efforts like sharding and scaling.

  • Support our container orchestration systems (ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation

  • Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure our services are observable, reliable, and performant.

  • Continuously evaluate and introduce infrastructure tools and practices that support developer velocity and platform scalability. 

What You’ll Bring: 

  • 3+ years of experience working with large-scale production infrastructure with high traffic or data volume.

  • Proficiency in Python for scripting and infrastructure automation.

  • Experience with PostgreSQL administration or performance tuning.

  • Deep experience with AWS services and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).

  • Experience with containerization technologies such as ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes.

  • Strong communication and problem-solving skills and the ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to Have’s:

  • Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools like Datadog, OpenTelemetry, or Grafana.

  • Experience participating in incident management processes.

  • Knowledge of cloud networking concepts such as VPC design, subnets, routing, load balancing, and security groups.

  • Strong documentation skills and clearly communicating in writing.

Typical Process:

  • Recruiter Video Call 

  • Hiring Manager Video Call

  • Take Home Assignment

  • Virtual “onsite” round consisting of 3 rounds

  • Reference Checks  

  • Offer! 

#LI-DNI

Benefits :

  • Work wherever you want! As a fully remote company with no central office, we want you to work wherever you are happiest and most productive. Whether that’s out of your home, a co-working space, or elsewhere.

  • Competitive cash and equity compensation in a hyper growth, early stage company 🚀.

  • Stipend to set-up your ideal working environment.

  • Competitive Benefit Plans for employees based on your location (e.g. in the US we offer: Medical, dental and vision benefits and the ability to contribute to a 401k plan).

  • Unlimited PTO.

  • 3 day weekend every month! We take off the “First Friday” every month to focus on rest, recuperation, or just having fun!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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