Sr. Fullstack Platform Engineer

About the role

We're seeking a Senior Full-Stack Engineer with a backend focus to join our team. The position involves building and owning full-stack applications, contributing to the internal platform, and working with incomplete requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build and own full-stack applications in a complex production environment, from design to production
• Contribute to the internal platform powering the applications
• Participate in incident triage and root cause analysis when things go wrong
• Diagnose, resolve, and prevent production issues from recurring
• Work with incomplete requirements and limited supervision, with high visibility, autonomy, and accountability

Requirements

• 5–10 years of progressive software development experience
• Strong backend engineering experience with full-stack capability
• Hands-on experience building and supporting production applications
• Ability to independently own large features, modules, services, or pipelines
• Strong understanding of system design, algorithms, data structures, performance, scalability, and reliability
• Solid grounding in relational database design, data integrity, indexing, and performance
• Comfort owning the full request lifecycle — frontend to API to database to logs
• Ability to learn unfamiliar frameworks and technologies quickly

Qualifications

• Foundational knowledge of generative AI and AI-assisted development, and how these fit into modern application stacks
• Experience using or evaluating AI coding tools
• The judgment to identify incorrect, insecure, or unsuitable AI-generated code
• The ability to quickly learn and apply new AI tools in practical engineering workflows

Skills

• Backend: Python
• Frontend: React
• Database: PostgreSQL or another relational database
• Cloud: AWS or a comparable cloud platform

Benefits

• High visibility, autonomy, and accountability
• Opportunities to work on a proprietary platform and ship production applications
• Challenging and impactful work in a fast-paced environment

Pay

Competitive salary commensurate with experience

Schedule

Full-time, remote position