Software Engineer, Tools and Developer Productivity
Instabase
At Instabase, we're passionate about democratizing access to cutting-edge AI innovation to enable any organization to solve previously unsolvable unstructured data problems in their industry. With customers representing some of the largest and most complex organizations in the world, and investors like Greylock, Andreessen Horowitz, and Index Ventures, our market opportunity is near infinite.
Instabase offers a consumption-based pricing model where customers can pay only for what they use, aligning directly with the value our products deliver. It empowers our clients to explore our AI Hub platform features extensively, enabling them to uncover crucial business insights. This customer-centric model allows Instabase to glean insights from diverse use cases and behaviors, ensuring we deliver top-tier solutions that provide unmatched advantages for everyday business operations.
With offices in San Francisco, New York, London and Bengaluru, Instabase is a truly global company. We are people-first, and we've built a fearlessly experimental, endlessly curious, customer obsessed team who work together and help organizations around the world turn their unstructured data into insights instantly.
Our Engineering Team architects the underlying platform, core services, infrastructure, dev toolkits, core algorithms, machine learning models, packaged end-user apps, and an AI marketplace. Instabase engineers are excited to solve hard problems for complex organizations and are self-starters from day one.
As a Senior Software Engineer you will lead initiatives that improve the development experience across our engineering organization. In this role, you will design and build scalable internal tools, optimize developer workflows, and drive strategic improvements in CI/CD, test infrastructure, and build systems. In this role, you will design and build reliable, scalable, repeatable systems that allow engineers to iterate quickly, and ship high quality code reliably.
You will collaborate closely with infrastructure, SRE, and product engineering teams to identify bottlenecks and eliminate friction throughout the software development lifecycle. As a senior engineer, you’ll set technical direction, mentor others, and take ownership of high-impact, cross-cutting productivity initiatives.
This is a high-leverage role ideal for someone passionate about developer enablement, infrastructure, and creating fast, reliable, and joyful engineering workflows.
What you’ll do:
- Build reliable, scalable, repeatable infrastructure for running multi-(service/language/repository) builds.
- Add and improve Bazel integration into our build and SDLC process
- Improve performance and reliability of the CI/CD workflows at the company
- Adopt state of the art / industry standard tools into the build and release processes
- Improve state of local development workflows, and integrate best practices
- Drive developer adoption of the tools
About you:
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, or equivalent experience in a technical field such as Physics or Mathematics.
- 5+ years of professional software development experience with a solid foundation in CS fundamentals and expertise in at least one area.
- Proven track record of leading and delivering large-scale projects, collaborating across engineering and cross-functional teams.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to set high technical and cultural standards for your team.
- Demonstrated ability to lead by example, mentoring and guiding junior engineers while remaining hands-on with the code.
- Flexible PTO: Because life is better when you actually live it!
- Instabreak Fridays: Enjoy 6 company-wide Friday breaks scheduled throughout the year, giving you long weekends to relax and recharge!
- Comprehensive Coverage: Top-notch medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Parental Leave & Fertility Benefits: Supporting you in growing your family, your way.
- Therapy Sessions Covered: Mental health matters— 10 free sessions through Samata Health.
- Wellness Stipend: For gym memberships, fitness tech, or whatever keeps you thriving.
- Lunch on Us: Enjoy a lunch credit when you're in the office.
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Instabase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Research shows that in order to apply for a job, women feel they need to meet 100% of the criteria while men usually apply after meeting about 60%. Regardless of how you identify, if you believe you can do the job and are a good match, we encourage you to apply.