Senior Software Engineer Backend, Database

Squarespace Dublin is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for our Databases team within Infrastructure Foundations. This is a critical role responsible for ensuring Squarespace's infrastructure operates seamlessly and reliably for our product engineering stakeholders and millions of customers. You'll maintain key backend infrastructure powering the Squarespace platform and build automation + tooling to help scale our infrastructure. Focusing on developing against our backend tech stack composed of components such as MongoDB, CockroachDB, and Kafka, you'll be responsible for designing, architecting, and provisioning new infrastructure to help unlock new product functionality.
The job is hybrid in our Dublin Office: 3 days in the office, 2 days from home. You will report to the Databases Engineering Team Manager.

• Develop automation that interacts with our infrastructure in the GCP cloud.
• Drive performance improvements and enhance scalability for infrastructure in components like MongoDB, CockroachDB, and Kafka.
• Collaborate with engineering teams across all of SQSP on building new services that scale for the future.
• Contribute to a culture of engineering excellence and professional development by participating in technical design reviews and mentoring junior team members.
• Work in: MongoDB, CockroachDB, and Kafka to name a few of our most commonly used infra components.

• 7+ years of experience developing backend systems with GoLang or similar object-oriented programming languages.
• Understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures, databases, and software design principles.
• Experience with GoLang, document, and relational databases
• Familiarity with event-driven systems and messaging tools (e.g., Kafka).
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
• Proven ability to take technical ownership, lead large, complex projects, and influence architectural direction across teams.

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1,700 is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, and Aveiro, Portugal. For more information about our company, visit https://www.squarespace.com/about/careers.

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customer base, but we also strive for the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.