Senior Software Engineer (Infra)

About VSCO

VSCO (pronounced vis–co) is a platform that equips photographers with the tools, community, and exposure they need to expand creatively and professionally. VSCO maintains a rich and authentic creative environment that serves photographers at all levels – preserving a home for creative opportunity, inspiration, and connection.Our mission is to nurture creativity so you can make it. We empower photographers to connect with other creatives and businesses with our suite of creative tools that spans from mobile to desktop and across our global community. 

We are looking for people who are driven and demonstrate initiative in taking our company mission to the next level. Employees here have the opportunity to make a big impact, and believe that when we build together, we achieve stronger outcomes than we could alone. 

We’re proud to foster diverse perspectives within VSCO as we continue to build an inclusive and innovative culture. 

Here are some of the traits we expect from all VSCOnauts:

Modest Overachiever: You exemplify a growth-mindset and seek feedback as fuel for growth. You are driven to excel in service of the whole, reaching beyond your immediate path.

Winner’s Mindset: Beyond an intrinsic motivation to succeed, you have the grit and determination critical to preserve in spite of obstacles. You persist with purpose, balancing ambition with empathy and optimism.

Ownership with Impact: You show up and stay in it, driving progress over perfection. You don’t wait to be told, you take initiative in ways that lift others and build lasting impact.

Force Multiplier: You have deep skills and know how to scale knowledge to make our team better. You are a team catalyst and create momentum through collaboration.

Rigorous Focus on Outcomes: You keep the bar high and embrace the future. You prioritize what matters most for our mission, leading with clarity, discipline, and care. 

Our values and high performance traits are critical pillars to our team culture and shape the way we hire. Read more about what you can expect when working at VSCO on our  Careers Page. 

About The Role

We’re looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to help build the foundation that powers VSCO’s products and internal developer experience. You’ll join a small but impactful team responsible for reliability, scalability, and operational excellence. From shaping our AWS environment to building tooling that makes engineers more effective, your work will have a direct impact on VSCO’s ability to move fast while staying stable.

You thrive on solving tough infrastructure problems, designing elegant automation, and improving systems that scale. You’re also someone who enjoys collaborating across teams and bringing a sense of ownership to everything you do.

The day-to-day

• Be responsible for infrastructure stability and uptime
• Develop and improve internal tools for automation
• Build next-generation operations on AWS with tools like Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Collaborate with engineering teams to design, implement and improve our infrastructure and tools
• Participate in our on-call rotation responding to production issues
• Work closely with other teams to design and maintain backend services and systems.
• Partner with Product Management, Design, and Engineering teams to support product initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, backend, or site reliability engineering
• Skilled in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Go, Python, Java, etc.)
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and incident response practices
• Understanding of system design principles and experience applying them at scale
• Demonstrated commitment to growth, both personal and organizational—actively seeking to extend your knowledge and share it with others
• Experience with Linux operating systems (specifically Amazon Linux)
• Excellent communication skills

Nice to haves

• Experience with the Hashicorp tool suite (Vagrant, Terraform, Packer, Consul)
• Experience with MongoDB, MySQL, Cassandra, DynamoDB, etc.
• Comfortable/Experienced with programming languages like Go, PHP, NodeJS, Java, Ruby, Python
• Experience with Configuration Management (Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Salt)
• Experience with CI/CD, Jenkins and/or other automation tools
• Have used Cursor or similar AI tools
• Experience monitoring and debugging high volume distributed systems
• A passion for photography, visual storytelling, or creative communities
• BS in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience

Job Perks

• Remote work with offices in SF and NYC  
• Regular in-person events events to connect and collaborate
• Competitive Salary & Equity 
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families
• Flexible Time Off
• Company-paid parental, medical and caregiver leave
• Other perks including mental health resources and tech reimbursements

Compensation

The base salary for this position will vary based on several factors, such as relevant experience, location and your approved internal leveling assessed during the interview process. The base salary range for this role is $172,000 - $185,000. Salary is one component of our total compensation package. This position also qualifies for equity (i.e. stock options) and is eligible for discretionary bonuses based on performance.
The benefits available for this position include flexible time off, a 401K retirement plan, insurance (medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D, short and long term disability), and 11 paid holidays. We also provide paid sick time as required by state and local law. Additional benefits and perks contained in our standard employee benefits package are also offered for this position.

Please note:

The application window for this role will be open until at least 6/28/2025. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date

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