Staff Software Engineer, Platform

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Requirements:

• 5+ years of software engineering industry experience.
• Proven capacity to operate in a platform engineering or similar role.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
• Working knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, Pulumi, or Crossplane.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tools like Github Actions, Drone CI, or Gitlab CI.
• Proficiency in or eagerness to learn our backend stack (RoR, Go).
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools and standards such as OpenTelemetry, Datadog, and the LGTM stack.
• Strong communication skills and a love for both producing and consuming documentation.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure to support Prepared’s platform.
• Architect, implement, and iterate on core systems like authentication, authorization, feature flags, and asynchronous messaging.
• Develop and implement best practices for software development, deployment, and monitoring.
• Automate repetitive tasks to enhance the efficiency and reliability of the engineering team.
• Help the team implement and define SLOs and report on customer SLAs.
• Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to the long-term strategy of the platform.
• Mentor junior engineers and help shape the engineering culture within the team.