Staff Engineer [Security, Infrastructure, and Performance]

About the role

Our Engineering team tackles the toughest challenges, so our users never have to. Real-time infrastructure, AI-native architecture, and a frontend that feels effortless - all powered by a team that moves fast, thinks rigorously, and holds an exceptionally high bar for quality.

We’re looking a Staff Engineer [Security, Infrastructure, and Performance] who thrives on complexity, builds for scale, and wants to help reinvent how millions of people work.

What you'll do

• Architect and build scalable, cloud-native distributed systems on Google Cloud Platform

• Lead the development of Infrastructure as Code automation to shape evolution of Attio infrastructure

• Drive system-wide improvements in scalability, reliability, security, and performance

What you'll bring

• Extensive experience designing and building scalable backend and distributed systems

• Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture on Google Cloud Platform and Kubernetes

• Strong software engineering skills with Infrastructure as Code tools like Pulumi

• Proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js at scale is preferred (experience with Go, Rust, or Python is also fine!)

• Ability to influence technical direction and mentor engineers across teams

• Bonus: experience with globally distributed databases such as Google Spanner or CockroachDB

What we offer

• Competitive salary of £120,000 to £150,000

• Equity in an early-stage tech company on an incredible trajectory

• 25 days holiday plus local public holidays

• Apple hardware

• Private medical insurance through AXA

• Pension contribution through Hargreaves Lansdown

• Enhanced family leave

• Team off-site in fun places! (We've been to Barcelona, Lisbon, Malta and Split so far)