Description:

Resend is looking for a skilled Software Engineer to join their team and help scale their platform to send millions of emails every day.
The team consists of a small group of engineers who are obsessed with developer experience and aim to build a reliable platform for other developers.
In this role, you will build and enhance backend services that drive user-facing features.
You will optimize database and infrastructure performance to ensure smooth and efficient operations.
The role involves improving observability, monitoring, and alerting to enhance the ability to respond to operational incidents.
You will scale the service through architectural improvements and infrastructure enhancements.
Additionally, you will iterate with existing components to build the UI to deliver feature completion from end to end.

Requirements:

You should have 5+ years of back-end engineering experience with a focus on cloud infrastructure.
Fluency in writing and speaking English is required.
You must be able to consistently work in the Americas timezone.
Experience in supporting large workloads on AWS is necessary.
A passion for helping other developers is essential.
Experience with front-end development is also required.
It is preferred that you have deep experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and React (including Express, Hono, Next.js).
Proven experience with databases and performance tuning, specifically with Postgres and Clickhouse, is required.
Infrastructure and reliability skills, including experience with Datadog, AWS, Terraform, and CDK, are necessary.
Familiarity with observability tools and practices is important.
You should have the ability to identify bottlenecks and propose/implement solutions to scale services.
A solid understanding of distributed services is also required.

You will have the autonomy to "just ship it" and make impactful contributions.
The position offers a 100% remote team environment with flexible working schedules.
You will work with a modern tech stack, including Next.js, Raycast, Retool, Notion, and more.
The team culture is characterized by honesty and low ego.
You will have ownership of problems and solutions, allowing for personal and professional growth.