Senior Platform Engineer

Job Summary

Owning and scaling critical backend systems, the full-time Senior Platform Engineer will ensure data integrity and reliability while driving platform-level projects and participating in on-call rotations, all within a remote-first environment across the US.

Key responsibilities

• Own and scale backend systems including data sync pipelines, search APIs, and workflow automation
• Drive platform-level projects that enhance product capabilities, focusing on rate limiting and tenant isolation
• Participate in on-call rotations and lead post-incident reviews to improve system observability and resilience

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of experience building and operating complex backend systems in production
• Deep experience with distributed systems correctness, including consistency models and fail-closed design
• Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures and cloud-native technologies, particularly AWS services
• Experience with agentic or AI-native systems, including enforcing rules and identity
• Strong understanding of observability practices and comfort with on-call responsibilities