Senior Platform Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of and enhance critical backend systems — such as data synchronization pipelines, search APIs, email/SMS delivery, and workflow automation — prioritizing reliability and operational excellence.

• Lead platform-level initiatives that introduce new product functionalities: activity feeds, custom objects, rate limiting, tenant isolation, and data enrichment integrations.

• Work closely with product engineers to pinpoint and resolve platform bottlenecks, enhancing the speed and dependability of feature development throughout the team.

• Engage in the shared platform on-call rotation and oversee post-incident evaluations, progressively improving system observability and resilience.

• Contribute to the foundational backend architecture for Rally's agentic platform — ensuring that our core systems can accommodate AI agents executing research workflows at scale.

• Shape architectural decisions and set engineering standards across the backend ecosystem.

• Guide engineers through code reviews, technical design conversations, and daily collaboration as the team expands.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 6 years of experience in building and managing complex backend systems in production, preferably within a startup or high-responsibility environment.

• Strong foundational knowledge in TypeScript/Node.js with practical experience in a fully TypeScript codebase.

• Extensive experience with AWS managed services (ECS/Fargate, RDS/Aurora, MSK) and contemporary cloud-native architecture patterns.

• Familiarity with event-driven systems and streaming infrastructure (Kafka or similar).

• Demonstrated history of taking ownership of significant technical domains from design through implementation, launch, and ongoing operation.

• Solid understanding of observability (metrics, logs, traces) and comfort with on-call duties and production incident management.

• Exceptional communication skills and a collaborative mindset — eager to work alongside product, design, and go-to-market teams, as well as fellow engineers.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation and significant equity

• Flexible / unlimited PTO policy

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Parental Leave

• 401(k) retirement plan

• Support for home office setup

• Monthly stipend for remote work

• Quarterly in-person team or company gatherings