Software Engineer, Systems (Partner 16, Partner 18)

Founded in Silicon Valley in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (aka a16z) is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic. We invest in seed to venture to growth-stage technology companies, across AI, bio + healthcare, consumer, crypto, enterprise, fintech, games, and companies building toward American dynamism. a16z has $100B+ under management across multiple funds.We’ve established a team that is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the company-building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes. We’ve invested in companies like Anduril, Airbnb, Coinbase, Cursor, Databricks, Deel, Figma, GitHub, Roblox, SpaceX, and Stripe. Our team is at the forefront of new technology, helping founders and their companies impact and change the world.The RoleYou will join the Applied Software Group (ASG), a team of experienced individual contributors building internal software tools for the firm's investing and operations teams. As a software engineer optimizing developer experience, you will own, improve and help with the adoption of our internal developer platform as well as the team's wider product portfolio. You will work on and own the infrastructure and tooling that the team and its partners are building with.The Applied Software Group operates in the mode of an internal startup. We own a tight feedback loop with our users and take on requests from all corners of the firm. In this role, your users are your fellow colleagues — you'll understand their pain points, eliminate friction from their daily workflows, and build the platform and tools that lets everyone build more, faster, and with confidence. While doing so, you will closely work together with your fellow engineers and other teams throughout the firm.This role requires an in-office presence 2-3 days a week in our San Francisco, CA office.To join our team, you should be excited to:Contribute to and help improve the our developer platform, associated with a diverse set of applicationsContinuously work with your fellow colleagues to understand, review and assist their diverse use-cases for projectsBuild and maintain shared tooling, templates, and internal libraries that accelerate development across the firm’s productsSupport observability, monitoring, and alerting so engineers can self-serve when things break in productionCollaborate with the Cybersecurity team to help ensure developer workflows meet security and compliance requirementsWrite and maintain developer documentation, onboarding guides, and runbooks that actually get usedShip improvements iteratively, incorporating feedback from your users to continuously improve the developer experienceTake ownership of assigned projects and services, from development through production support, with increasing autonomy over timeWrite clear, well-structured, and maintainable codeBring positive energy in every interaction with the team and foster inclusive collaborationStay curious about new tools, technologies, and approaches relevant to infrastructure and developer productivityLearn the inner workings of VC and work closely with the investing partnershipMinimum Qualifications3+ years of professional software engineering experienceProficiency in Python 3, Rust or similar backend languages and willingness to learn new technologiesTrack record of defining and shipping developer platforms or internal tooling that measurably improved engineering velocityExcitement to work directly with a diverse user group with varying technical backgroundsExperience deploying services on at least one major cloud platform (GCP, AWS, or Azure)Experience with containerized services (Docker); experience with Kubernetes is a plusExposure to CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, CircleCI, or similar)Experience working with production SQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL); NoSQL experience (e.g., Elasticsearch) is a plusExperience with infrastructure-as-code concepts (Terraform, Pulumi, or similar) is a plusExperience working in environments that value rapid iteration, code quality, and operational excellenceStrong problem-solving skills and solid technical fundamentals with a get-it-done mentalityLow ego, high empathy, and the capacity to collaborate effectively with diverse teamsThis role is open at the Software Engineer (Partner 16) and Senior Software Engineer (Partner 18) levels. The anticipated salary range for this role is between:Software Engineer (Partner 16): $269,000 - $314,000Senior Software Engineer (Partner 18): $301,000 - $352,000Final compensation will be determined based on a candidate's overall experience, technical depth, and interview performance.This role is eligible to participate in the a16z Carry program and various discretionary bonus programs as well as benefit and perquisite plans including health, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401K plan, vacation, and sick leave.a16z culture We do only first class business and only in a first class wayWe take a long view of relationships, because we are in the relationship business We believe in the future and bet the firm that wayWe are all different, we recognize that, and we winWe celebrate the good timesWe do it for the teamWe play to winAt a16z we are always looking to hire the absolute best talent and recognize that diversity in our experiences and backgrounds is what makes us stronger. We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. These differences are what enables us to work towards the future we envision for ourselves, our portfolio companies, and the World.Our organization participates in E-Verify. Click here to learn about E-Verify.Andreessen Horowitz hereby reserves the right to make use of any unsolicited resumes received from outside recruiting agencies and / or individual recruiters without being responsible for payment of any fees asserted from the use of unsolicited resumes.