Staff Software Engineer, Platform
Core
Architecting and scaling reliable, secure platform systems (databases, distributed jobs) for a financial tool serving small business owners.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer, Platform
Builds
Core platform infrastructure including databases, distributed job systems, developer tooling, and observability pipelines.
Domain
Fintech / Small Business Financial Services
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Backend engineering in public cloud, system scaling (1 to 100), SLO/SLA design, incident response leadership, technical debt management, cross-functional project leadership.
Preferred skills
OpenTelemetry, Statsd, Prometheus, PCI/SOC2 compliance, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation), Sidekiq, Redis, async job processing, mobile app infrastructure (Capacitor, React Native), internal tooling/bots.
Technologies
Terraform, CloudFormation, Sidekiq, Redis, Capacitor, React Native, OpenTelemetry, Statsd, Prometheus, PCI, SOC2.
Responsibilities
Architect future versions of key systems like databases and distributed jobs; Design and implement developer tooling for safer, reproducible deployments; Drive excellence in observability and monitoring while guiding incident response; Collaborate with teams to maintain technical quality and address debt; Mentor engineers on designing reliable, fault-tolerant systems.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship and architectural ownership
