
Staff Platform Engineer
Posted 1 day ago

Posted 1 day ago
This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.
• Define and guide the technical strategy for platform infrastructure, reliability, and scalability projects.
• Design and assess intricate system architectures that facilitate company growth and adapt to changing business requirements.
• Establish engineering standards, best practices, and technical frameworks across various teams.
• Enhance system observability, incident response protocols, and operational excellence throughout the platform.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Design leaders to ensure technical investments are aligned with business objectives.
• Mentor engineers and offer technical direction that enhances engineering capabilities throughout the organization.
• Develop and refine backend services, infrastructure tools, and shared platform functionalities.
• Identify technical debt, scalability challenges, and operational vulnerabilities before they become business obstacles.
• Extensive experience in designing and managing large-scale backend platforms and distributed systems.
• Profound expertise in building, scaling, and modernizing production Django applications.
• Expert-level experience in architecting and managing cloud environments on AWS.
• Proven capability to design resilient, secure, and scalable systems that facilitate substantial business growth.
• Advanced understanding of PostgreSQL architecture, performance optimization, and data modeling.
• Experience in establishing observability, monitoring, incident management, and reliability practices.
• Demonstrated success in influencing engineering decisions and guiding technical direction across teams.
• Exceptional ability to convey complex technical concepts and nurture the development of other engineers.
• Fully remote position
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