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a16z
Full time
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USA
10/24/2026
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San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities

Improve and maintain the internal developer platform and its associated applications.
Build and maintain shared tooling, templates, and internal libraries that accelerate product development.
Support observability, monitoring, alerting, and production support so engineers can self-serve when issues occur.
Work directly with internal users and partner teams to understand use cases, review projects, and reduce workflow friction.
Write and maintain developer documentation, onboarding guides, and operational runbooks.
Ship iterative improvements, incorporate user feedback, and own assigned projects and services through development and production.
Collaborate with the Cybersecurity team to meet security and compliance requirements.
Write clear, maintainable code and collaborate inclusively with engineering and firm-wide teams.

Requirements

At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
Proficiency in Python 3, Rust, or similar backend languages, with willingness to learn new technologies.
Experience defining and shipping developer platforms or internal tooling that improved engineering velocity.
Experience deploying services on at least one major cloud platform: GCP, AWS, or Azure.
Experience with containerized services using Docker; Kubernetes experience is a plus.
Exposure to CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, or CircleCI.
Experience with production SQL databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL; NoSQL experience such as Elasticsearch is a plus.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code concepts such as Terraform or Pulumi is a plus.
Strong problem-solving skills, technical fundamentals, collaboration skills, empathy, and a get-it-done mentality.
Ability to work with users with varying technical backgrounds and in environments emphasizing rapid iteration, code quality, and operational excellence.

Benefits

Hybrid work arrangement requiring in-office presence two to three days per week in San Francisco, California.
Eligible participation in the a16z Carry program and discretionary bonus programs.
Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
401(k) plan, vacation, and sick leave.

Salary: $269k - $352k/yr

a16z

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies from seed through growth across consumer, enterprise, fintech, bio/health, AI, crypto, and games. The firm manages multiple funds and earns management fees and carried interest, and provides portfolio suppor...

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