Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Databases

The Data Infrastructure Team manages the fundamental building blocks used by customer-facing and internal analytics systems at Squarespace to store and process data. Your job will be to develop solutions that help scale our message queue and streaming infrastructure used by product engineers. We employ a variety of open source technologies in our tech stack that address a variety of needs (caching, databases, queues, and change data capture). We are making a push to grow our infrastructure in the cloud and you will play a critical role in that.

This is a hybrid role working from our NYC office 3 days per week. You will report to the Senior Software Engineering Manager.

You'll Get To…

• Support our data infrastructure comprised of Kafka, Airflow, RabbitMQ, Trino, and GCP equivalent alternatives (PubSub, CloudComposer, CloudAMQP). Work with our users to determine capacity and functionality requirements, develop monitoring tools, and maintain reliable operations.
• Partner with our databases teams to understand the optimal configuration for applications that use both stateful and stateless services. Collaborate on data migration tooling, change data capture analytics pipelines, and streaming solutions for realtime feeds.
• In the short-term we're focused on migrating our infrastructure to the cloud using GCP but in the longer term there is so much opportunity to improve our current infrastructure to use the many alternatives that exist in the marketplace for message queues, orchestration, streaming, and cdc.

Who We're Looking For

• First and foremost we are looking for the desire to assume responsibility of pieces of infrastructure and define strategies to move us forward. We are looking for engineers who take pride and satisfaction in creating rock solid systems.
• Experience relevant to Kafka, Airflow, and GCP. Expertise developing backend services and ETL streaming and message processing using compiled languages.
• 5+ years of experience writing automation scripts and libraries in the Data world.
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, etc.)

Benefits & Perks

• A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums 
• Fertility and adoption benefits
• Access to supplemental insurance plans for additional coverage
• Headspace mindfulness app subscription
• Global Employee Assistance Program (available January 2025)
• Retirement benefits with employer match
• Flexible paid time off
• 20 weeks for parental leave and up to 12 weeks to care for an ill family member
• Pretax commuter benefit
• Education reimbursement
• Employee donation match to community organizations
• 6 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Dog-friendly workplace
• Free lunch and snacks
• Private rooftop

Cash Compensation Range: $128,500 - $207,000 USD

The base salary for this position will vary based on job-related criteria including relevant skills, experience, and location, among other factors.

In addition to the cash compensation above (which includes base salary and, where applicable for eligible roles, may include on-target commissions or overtime pay), Squarespace employees are eligible to receive an incentive award as part of their total compensation.

About Squarespace

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1,500 is headquartered in bustling New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, Aveiro, Portugal, and coworking spaces in the UK, Netherlands, and Australia. For more information about our company culture, visit www.squarespace.com/about/careers.

Our Commitment

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customers, but we also work toward the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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