Trunk

Tech Lead, CI & Test Data Platform

Trunk

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $245,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSDistributed SystemsKubernetesPostgresPythonRustTypeScript

About the role

  • Design and build the data pipelines, storage systems, and backend services that power Trunk's flaky test and CI products
  • Lead a team of engineers through complex distributed systems and data infrastructure challenges
  • Work directly with customers to understand their pain points and translate them into robust technical solutions
  • Drive architectural decisions for scale, reliability, and future AI/agentic integrations (MCP, semantic failure clustering, automated remediation)
  • Ship independently with high autonomy. We're a small team solving hard problems, and you'll have significant ownership

Requirements

  • 7+ years of backend/infrastructure engineering experience, with a focus on data processing pipelines and distributed systems
  • Experience leading teams of 2+ engineers on complex technical projects
  • Track record of building and operating systems at scale
  • Strong proficiency in Rust and Python; familiarity with TypeScript
  • Experience with our stack: PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, AWS, Kubernetes, Dagster
  • Comfort with monitoring, observability, and debugging in distributed environments
  • Previous experience at a high-growth startup
Benefits
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Work-life balance
  • Lunch ordered in on us at the office on Wednesdays and Thursdays
  • Few meetings, so you can ship fast and focus on building
  • One Medical membership on us!
  • Top-notch medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance
  • All insurance is 100% company-paid ($0 premiums) for employees and highly subsidized for dependents
  • FSA, HSA with company contributions, and pre-tax commuter benefits
  • 401(k) plan
  • Paid parental leave (up to 12 weeks)

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
backend engineeringinfrastructure engineeringdata processing pipelinesdistributed systemsRustPythonTypeScriptPostgreSQLClickHouseAWS
Soft skills
team leadershipproblem solvingcustomer engagementarchitectural decision makingautonomyownership