Senior Platform Engineer

Job Summary

To support a growing platform, the full-time Senior Platform Engineer will own and scale critical backend systems and data infrastructure remotely, ensuring reliability and operational excellence while collaborating with product engineers to enhance system performance.

Key responsibilities

• Own and scale backend systems, including data sync pipelines, search APIs, and workflow automation
• Drive platform-level projects that unlock new product capabilities and improve system observability
• Collaborate with product engineers to identify and eliminate platform bottlenecks, enhancing feature development velocity

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of experience building and operating complex backend systems in production
• Strong TypeScript/Node.js fundamentals with hands-on experience in a fully TypeScript codebase
• Deep experience with AWS managed services and modern cloud-native architecture patterns
• Experience with event-driven systems and streaming infrastructure (e.g., Kafka)
• Proven track record of owning significant technical areas from design through implementation and ongoing operation