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Staff Engineer, Platform/ SRE

Engage customers through personalized omni-channel messaging
DevOps
Staff Engineer
Remote
8+ years of experience
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Description For Staff Engineer, Platform/ SRE

OneSignal is a leading omnichannel customer engagement solution, powering personalized customer journeys across mobile and web push notifications, in-app messaging, SMS, and email. On a mission to democratize engagement, we enable over a million businesses to keep their users engaged by delivering billions of messages daily.

As a Staff Engineer, Platform/SRE at OneSignal, you'll be joining a high-scale environment serving billions of HTTP requests daily. We've achieved this scale through strategic use of technologies like Rust and Go, optimizing for both performance and resource efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and architect infrastructure and operational systems at scale
  • Maintain and improve our 99.95% uptime while supporting business growth
  • Build and automate systems for product infrastructure and operations
  • Manage critical services including PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, and Kubernetes
  • Design and implement infrastructure-as-code solutions
  • Establish and maintain observability and monitoring systems
  • Lead CI/CD improvements and infrastructure automation
  • Collaborate with product teams on architecture and operability
  • Participate in on-call rotations for system reliability

Technical Requirements:

  • 8+ years of platform engineering experience
  • Strong background in operating large-scale production systems
  • Deep knowledge of Linux systems internals
  • Experience with infrastructure automation and DevOps practices
  • Expertise in PostgreSQL or similar high-scale databases
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes deployment and management
  • Proficiency with major cloud providers (AWS/GCP/Azure)
  • Experience with observability and monitoring systems
  • Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code practices

We offer:

  • Remote-first culture with offices in San Mateo, CA and London
  • Opportunity to work on high-scale systems serving billions of requests
  • Collaborative environment focused on learning and growth
  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • Flexible work arrangements across US and UK locations

OneSignal has a strong engineering culture focused on scalability and reliability. We serve over 1.8 million businesses worldwide, including major companies like Zynga, USA Today, and Bitcoin.com. As a Series C company backed by SignalFire, Rakuten Ventures, and Y Combinator, we're growing rapidly while maintaining our commitment to technical excellence and work-life balance.

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Responsibilities For Staff Engineer, Platform/ SRE

  • Lead and architect infrastructure and operational systems at scale
  • Maintain 99.95% uptime while supporting business growth
  • Build and automate systems for product infrastructure
  • Manage critical services (PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, Kubernetes)
  • Establish and maintain observability and monitoring systems
  • Lead CI/CD improvements and infrastructure automation
  • Collaborate with product teams on architecture decisions

Requirements For Staff Engineer, Platform/ SRE

Go
Redis
Kubernetes
  • 8+ years of platform engineering experience
  • Experience operating reliable production systems at scale
  • Knowledge of Linux systems internals
  • Experience in managing PostgreSQL for high-scale throughput systems
  • Operational experience deploying and managing Kubernetes
  • Experience working with Cloud Providers (AWS/GCP/Azure)
  • Strong infrastructure automation skills

Benefits For Staff Engineer, Platform/ SRE

Equity
  • Remote-first work environment
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Competitive compensation
  • Office locations in San Mateo, CA and London