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Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure - Scaling & Performance

AURA
New York City Full Time USD 180,000 - 245,000 p.a. Sep 17, 2026

About the Job

We have a network of millions of digital picture frames across the world delivering photos to users. Aura is often given as a gift, so our infrastructure must support rapid scalability on holidays. We apply computer vision and machine learning technology to hundreds of millions of photos to help filter, layout, sugg...

Role: You’ll join our small infrastructure engineering team in our NYC and SF offices, where you’ll design, build, and operate flexible backend systems for a Rails API. These systems scale reliably while supporting rapidly evolving products and maintaining high standards for performance, security, and cost efficienc...

Architect and implement sharding in our PostgreSQL backed Rails api

Key Responsibilities

Lead initiatives to improve system reliability, including monitoring, alerting, and incident response
Reduce application and database costs

Required Skills & Abilities

Deep experience scaling consumer applications and infrastructure to tens of millions of users
Experience in low-latency async distributed systems
Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including compute, storage, networking, and database services
Experience at a startup with fewer than 100 employees
10+ years of relevant experience
Strong coding skills in Ruby, Python, or similar languages
Hands-on experience with reliability engineering practices: SLIs, SLOs, monitoring, alerting, and incident management

Because You Matter: We believe in creating a happy and supportive work environment, so you can both excel at your job and actually enjoy coming into work each day. Compensation for this role will be in the $180,000 - $245,000 range.
For full-time, US-based employees. Benefits may differ for part-time or international roles.
📈 Generous stock option program - begins vesting after 1 year
🏥 Comprehensive health plans - Aura pays 100% of the premium for employees and 50% for families. 
💰 401(k) with match - Aura fully matches the first 4% of your salary contributed
🌯 Lunch and snacks - In SF & NY Offices
💪 $150 monthly fitness allowance - gym, coaching, etc
🏝 Flexible time off - and you’re required to take at least 10 days off each year

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Qualifications

Experience: 10 years experience

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