Job Overview
Location
San Francisco
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineering
Date Posted
June 19, 2026
Full Job Description
📋 Description
- • As a Senior Software Engineer and Site Tech Lead for the Online Storage team in Toronto, you will serve as the senior technical voice for storage and search domains, driving technical execution and mentorship across the Toronto cohort while partnering closely with leadership in San Francisco.
- • You will evolve Zip's search infrastructure—including OpenSearch, search APIs, and Global Search—toward a unified, intelligent, and measurable platform, and mature the core storage stack (Aurora RDS, Elasticache, MemoryDB, DynamoDB, S3) to support multi-region, multi-cell architectures for global expansion.
- • You will drive complete cell isolation to prevent failure cascades, mature disaster recovery posture through practiced fire drills, and improve data layer performance and debuggability with clear tooling for engineers across the organization.
- • You will act as a technical mentor and role model for engineers on the Toronto team, fostering growth, maintaining high technical standards, and collaborating with SF-based teams to design scalable features and architectural patterns that support Zip’s enterprise needs.
🎯 Requirements
- • 5+ years of software engineering experience with significant time spent on platform or infrastructure teams.
- • Deep, hands-on experience with large-scale distributed storage systems including relational databases, caching layers, and cloud-managed storage (Aurora RDS, Redis/Elasticache, DynamoDB, S3, or equivalents).
- • Proven experience designing or operating search infrastructure (OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, or similar) at scale, including relevance tuning, index architecture, and freshness considerations.
- • Track record of delivering large, complex infrastructure projects end-to-end with high quality and clear communication to stakeholders.
- • Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership to other engineers through design reviews, mentorship, and setting standards, whether or not in a formal management role.
🏖️ Benefits
- • 📈 Start-up equity
- • 🦷 100% health, vision & dental coverage options
- • 🍽️ Catered breakfast, lunch, & dinner
- • 🌴 Flexible PTO
- • 🏋️♀️ ClassPass membership
- • 🚍 Monthly commuter benefit
- • 🚠 Team building events & happy hours
- • 💻 Home office stipend
- • 🛜 Phone/internet reimbursement
- • 🏠 Hybrid model + 5 flexible remote days per quarter
- • 🍼 Paid parental leave
- • 🐣 Fertility benefits
- • 🧑🧑🧒🧒 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- • 🤖 Unlimited AI token usage
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About Zip
Zip provides the world's leading agentic procurement orchestration platform, helping businesses manage spend from initial intake to final payment. Their comprehensive suite of products, including Intake-to-Procure, Procure-to-Pay, Supplier Onboarding, and AI Procurement Concierge, streamlines complex purchasing processes. Zip serves a broad spectrum of clients, from startups to enterprises across various industries like technology and financial services, empowering procurement, finance, and legal teams to gain control and efficiency. The platform is designed to facilitate smarter spending and mitigate risk, leveraging embedded AI capabilities for decision-making and driving cross-functional efficiency by integrating with existing tech stacks, a feature beneficial for distributed teams. Notably, Zip is trusted by over 1,030 global leaders, demonstrating its significant impact on optimizing business operations.
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