Staff Software Engineer, Platform

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Platform Team, you will establish a foundation that accelerates product development by building reusable, scalable, and high-quality components that empower our engineering teams. You will focus on long-term strategic investments in core capabilities, abstracting common product concepts into shared services and improving the overall developer experience to ensure a foundation for future product growth.

- Design and build core services and product platform components, such as entities and relationship systems, to be used across the engineering organization.

- Develop and maintain search infrastructure, including search indexes and relevance systems.

- Oversee DevOps initiatives, managing AWS usage, Terraform configurations, infrastructure upgrades, and platform observability to ensure stability and scalability.

- Own and continuously improve the developer experience by optimizing the backend repository and Go stack to increase iteration speed.

- Provide consulting and mentorship to other engineering teams, promoting best practices and guiding the adoption of new platform technologies.

- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on building foundation-level platform services and infrastructure.

- Extensive experience with AWS, Terraform, and infrastructure-as-code for managing large-scale distributed systems.

- Deep proficiency in Go and backend architectures, with a focus on creating reusable frameworks and tools.

- Strong understanding of developer productivity metrics and experience improving internal iteration cycles for engineering teams.

- Experience with search infrastructure, indexing strategies, and observability platforms.

- Collaborative mindset with the ability to lead cross-cutting initiatives and consult on architectural decisions.

The anticipated annual base salary range for this role is between $200,000 - $240,000. When determining compensation, a number of factors will be considered, including skills, experience, job scope, location, and competitive compensation market data.

- Competitive salary and generous company equity

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 99.99% of premiums covered by Cantina

- 42 days of paid time off, including:

- 15 PTO days

- 10 sick days

- 15 company holidays

- 2 floating holidays

- Generous parental leave & fertility support

- 401(k) retirement savings plan

- Lifestyle spending account - $500/month to use however you'd like

- Complimentary lunch and snacks for in-office employees

- One Medical membership, and more!