Trunk.io
Senior Software Engineer (Platform)
Trunk.io, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
At Trunk, our mission is to help teams create high-quality software quickly. We've helped engineering teams at Google X, Zillow and Brex to understand why their builds fail, which tests are flaky, and how to ship code faster without sacrificing reliability. AI has made writing code 10x faster, but shipping is still painfully slow. The bottleneck has shifted downstream — to merge conflicts, flaky tests, inconsistent code quality, and dozens of other frictions that drain productivity and morale. Engineering teams that can stay focused on designing, implementing, and delivering software will build magical, high-quality projects — and they’ll be happier doing it. We’re building a CI Reliability Platform that empowers teams to land code faster and develop happier.
Our founders launched Trunk in 2021 after designing, delivering, and scaling software at Uber, Google, YouTube, and Microsoft. We raised a $25M Series A led by Initialized Capital (Garry Tan) and a16z (Peter Levine), with investments from Haystack Ventures, Garage VC, and the founders of GitHub (Tom Preston‑Werner), Apollo GraphQL (Geoff Schmidt), Algolia (Nicolas Dessaigne), and Peopl.ai.
We are looking for a motivated and experienced
Senior Software Engineer
to join our Platform/Data Engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and optimizing data ingestion pipelines that can handle vast amounts of real‑time and batch data from various sources. Your focus will be on designing systems that are scalable, reliable, and performant, as well as ensuring the proper integration of data across our entire ecosystem.
What you’ll do
Design, build, and maintain scalable data ingestion pipelines to handle large volumes of structured and unstructured data.
Optimize and improve the efficiency of existing data processing workflows, ensuring they can scale as the data grows.
Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to gather data requirements and ensure seamless integration with various data sources.
Implement real‑time and batch processing systems for ingesting data from APIs and webhooks.
Ensure data quality, consistency, and integrity across all data pipelines.
Troubleshoot and resolve performance bottlenecks and data‑related issues in the ingestion pipeline.
Develop monitoring and alerting systems to proactively manage the health of data pipelines.
Continuously evaluate and adopt new technologies and tools to improve the scalability and performance of our systems.
Document the design, implementation, and operations of data pipelines for knowledge sharing within the team.
We’re looking for
4‑5+ years of professional software engineering experience
You’re located within commute distance of San Francisco and are willing to work in office at least 8 days per month.
You have experience in areas such as databases, distributed systems, service‑oriented architectures, and data infrastructure
You derive joy from refactoring and building clean abstractions to make complex systems fun to develop on and easy to understand
Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills and the tenacity to drive a solution to a conclusion
Experience and intuition to zero in on root causes for bugs that can leave others stumped
The ability to operate independently, but know when you’re in too deep and need to ask for help
Ability to collaborate with colleagues to plan and execute the best solution
Our tech stack
Frontend: Typescript, React, Next.js, AWS
Backend: Typescript, Node, AWS
Data pipelines: Dagster, Python, Polars
CI/CD: GitHub Actions
What we offer
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)
The salary and equity range for this role are: $170 K - $210 K and .15% - .35%.
Please note that the compensation range provided is a general guideline only and is subject to change based on location, qualifications, and experience.
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Trunk, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, we’re happy to help accommodate. Please contact us at recruiting@trunk.io.
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Our founders launched Trunk in 2021 after designing, delivering, and scaling software at Uber, Google, YouTube, and Microsoft. We raised a $25M Series A led by Initialized Capital (Garry Tan) and a16z (Peter Levine), with investments from Haystack Ventures, Garage VC, and the founders of GitHub (Tom Preston‑Werner), Apollo GraphQL (Geoff Schmidt), Algolia (Nicolas Dessaigne), and Peopl.ai.
We are looking for a motivated and experienced
Senior Software Engineer
to join our Platform/Data Engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and optimizing data ingestion pipelines that can handle vast amounts of real‑time and batch data from various sources. Your focus will be on designing systems that are scalable, reliable, and performant, as well as ensuring the proper integration of data across our entire ecosystem.
What you’ll do
Design, build, and maintain scalable data ingestion pipelines to handle large volumes of structured and unstructured data.
Optimize and improve the efficiency of existing data processing workflows, ensuring they can scale as the data grows.
Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to gather data requirements and ensure seamless integration with various data sources.
Implement real‑time and batch processing systems for ingesting data from APIs and webhooks.
Ensure data quality, consistency, and integrity across all data pipelines.
Troubleshoot and resolve performance bottlenecks and data‑related issues in the ingestion pipeline.
Develop monitoring and alerting systems to proactively manage the health of data pipelines.
Continuously evaluate and adopt new technologies and tools to improve the scalability and performance of our systems.
Document the design, implementation, and operations of data pipelines for knowledge sharing within the team.
We’re looking for
4‑5+ years of professional software engineering experience
You’re located within commute distance of San Francisco and are willing to work in office at least 8 days per month.
You have experience in areas such as databases, distributed systems, service‑oriented architectures, and data infrastructure
You derive joy from refactoring and building clean abstractions to make complex systems fun to develop on and easy to understand
Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills and the tenacity to drive a solution to a conclusion
Experience and intuition to zero in on root causes for bugs that can leave others stumped
The ability to operate independently, but know when you’re in too deep and need to ask for help
Ability to collaborate with colleagues to plan and execute the best solution
Our tech stack
Frontend: Typescript, React, Next.js, AWS
Backend: Typescript, Node, AWS
Data pipelines: Dagster, Python, Polars
CI/CD: GitHub Actions
What we offer
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)
The salary and equity range for this role are: $170 K - $210 K and .15% - .35%.
Please note that the compensation range provided is a general guideline only and is subject to change based on location, qualifications, and experience.
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Trunk, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, we’re happy to help accommodate. Please contact us at recruiting@trunk.io.
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