Senior Software Engineer, Online Data Stores

Persona

Senior Software Engineer to design and develop scalable data storage solutions for Persona. Collaborating with teams to optimize performance and enhance reliability in distributed systems.

Posted 7/6/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $190,000 - $240,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudElasticSearchGoJavaKubernetesMongoDBMySQLPythonRedisRubyRuby on RailsSDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and secure data stores used across our application stack.
Collaborate with infrastructure, platform, and application teams to optimize data storage solutions for performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency.
Implement and advocate for best practices for data modeling, access patterns, monitoring, and incident response.
Contribute to automation, observability, and proactive capacity planning to ensure operational excellence.
Participate in code reviews, contribute to architectural discussions, and mentor junior engineers.
Partner with other engineering teams to deliver on complex initiatives together.
Develop simple, elegant solutions to complex problems.
Embrace and champion engineering best practices within the product engineering teams.
Work closely with product teams to plan and build scalable, resilient and cost-effective infrastructure systems that meet launch goals, reach new markets and scale with product demand.
Directly shape system design, development methodologies, and implementation technologies

Requirements

What you’ll need

BA/BS in computer science, software engineering or equivalent experience
5+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on large-scale, distributed data systems.
Strong technical expertise in designing and operating scalable data storage solutions, ideally with the technologies we use (MySQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis).
Experience with cloud-native architectures and technologies, particularly Google Cloud (or equivalent cloud providers).
Deep understanding of data consistency, replication, partitioning, and high availability strategies.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code and container orchestration systems like Kubernetes.
Software development experience in general-purpose programming languages (Ruby, Go, Python, Java) with a preference for experience in Ruby on Rails and ORMs.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a focus on cross-functional teamwork.
Knowledge of and expertise in software engineering best practices for software development life cycle, including requirements gathering, design, coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, and vision
3% 401(k) contribution
unlimited PTO
quarterly mental health days
family planning benefits
professional development stipends
wellness benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

MySQLMongoDBElasticsearchRedisKubernetesRubyGoPythonJavaData Consistency

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationCollaboration SkillsCross-Functional Teamwork

Certifications

BA/BS in Computer ScienceSoftware Engineering