Staff Platform Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Wed, May 20, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
Seeking a skilled Staff Platform Engineer to work remotely in a full-time capacity, responsible for enhancing complex Scala systems, redesigning data layers for AI products, and building a Rust framework to improve developer tooling and standards.
Key responsibilities
- Analyze and scale inherited Scala systems, identifying root causes of issues
- Redesign the data layer for machine learning and AI products
- Develop a Rust framework to streamline the delivery of correct and performant services
Required qualifications
- Proficiency in the JVM ecosystem (Java, Scala)
- Experience with Rust is highly desired
- Strong knowledge of Python and SQL, including data processing with Spark or similar
- Experience in distributed systems design and observability engineering
- Ability to navigate and understand complex codebases effectively
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