The Role
Build and operate highly scalable Go backend services and data infrastructure for the AT Protocol ecosystem. Scale systems to support hundreds of millions of users, hundreds of millions of events, petabytes of NVMe storage, thousands of CPU cores, and tens of terabytes of RAM. Responsibilities include developing mission-critical services, managing production operations, and working with databases, distributed systems, operating systems, networking, and storage technologies.
Summary Generated by Built In
Bluesky's mission is to transition the social web from platforms to protocols. We're building a federated social network where users have more power. Our team has decades of combined experience building distributed applications. As a backend dev, you'll build data infrastructure that powers Bluesky’s developer services and will be a critical part of transforming social media.
Working on our AT Protocol-oriented services, you’ll be building and maintaining systems running on dense, latest-generation, bare-metal servers running in our own racks serving hundreds of thousands of events per second.
Responsibilities:
- Scale our Go production services to hundreds of millions of users
- Build mission critical data infrastructure that powers much of the AT Protocol ecosystem
- Build services that scale across tens of terabytes of RAM, thousands of CPU cores, and petabytes of NVME storage
You might be a good fit if you:
- Have strong fundamental programming and software engineering skills
- Have extensive experience with Go (e.g. 3+ years)
- Have built scalable backend systems (1M+ ops/sec) (e.g. data services, load balancers, etc.)
- Have familiarity with the upper limits of operating systems, networks, and storage.
- Have significant experience with database systems (e.g. Postgres, MySQL, SQLite)
- Have some experience with with other data stores (e.g. Scylla/Cassandra, Redis, ClickHouse)
- Have a high bar for ownership and operation of production services.
- Like working on small, fast-moving teams
- Have read the AT Protocol docs and want to contribute
We're especially excited if you have:
- Previous experience working on social or Internet infrastructure at large scale
We're a fully remote team, though a significant overlap of working hours with US/Pacific is required. For full-time roles, we offer health, dental, and vision insurance.
To learn more about us, check out:
- bsky.social
- atproto.com
Please attach your resume and links to your GitHub, GitLab, or a portfolio of past work within the same attachment.
The anticipated base salary range for this position is $179,000 - $242,000, excluding equity. Equity will be considered in the total compensation package. The final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications.
Skills Required
- Strong fundamental programming and software engineering skills
- Extensive experience with Go, such as three or more years
- Experience building scalable backend systems handling one million or more operations per second
- Familiarity with operating systems, networks, and storage at their upper limits
- Significant experience with database systems such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQLite
- Experience with data stores such as ScyllaDB, Cassandra, Redis, or ClickHouse
- High ownership standards for operating production services
- Interest in working on small, fast-moving teams
- Read the AT Protocol documentation and want to contribute
- Previous experience with social or large-scale Internet infrastructure
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The Company
What We Do
Welcome to the Social Internet. Bluesky is social media as it should be. Find your community among millions of users, unleash your creativity, and have some fun again. We're building a new foundation for social networking which gives creators independence from platforms, developers the freedom to build, and users a choice in their experience.
