Staff Platform Engineer

• Write highly maintainable, performant code.

• Implement and maintain custom tools, quality gates, and services.

• Maintain a high degree of ownership and transparency.

• Work closely with engineering leadership and architects to deliver high-quality solutions.

• Proactively identify and implement process improvements for how we write, test, deploy, and monitor code.

• Lead and drive component-level and system-level architectural design, code reviews, and technical decision-making across teams.

• Define and govern architectural standards, patterns, and best practicesacross the engineering organization.

• Own the end-to-end technical visionfor key platform components, ensuring alignment with product strategy and engineering goals.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and frameworks, providing recommendations that influence platform direction and long-term scalability.

• Serve as a technical authority and escalation pointfor complex, cross-team engineering challenges and design trade-offs.

• Collaborate with product management and business stakeholdersto translate business requirements into scalable, resilient architectural solutions.

• Drive cross-functional alignmenton shared infrastructure, APIs, and platform capabilities to reduce duplication and increase reuse.

• Automate unit and integration tests within a CI/CD pipeline.

• Champion engineering excellenceby establishing and enforcing quality gates, security standards, and performance benchmarks organization-wide.

• Knowledge on usage and adoption of AI tools across the wider org, enforcing best practices and identifying opportunities to accelerate developer productivity.

• Mentor junior, mid-level, and senior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical growth.

• Passion for technology and customer success.

• Proficiency in C#, Java, and/or Python development.

• Experience with GitHub for version control, Workflows, and collaboration.

• Experience with Ansible and Terraform for automation and infrastructure management.

• Proficiency in Docker for containerization and deployment.

• Experience automating quality gates, static code analysis, and integrating with various orchestration/build systems.

• Demonstrated experience making architectural decisionsfor large-scale, distributed systems in a cloud-native environment.

• Strong understanding of microservices, event-driven architectures, API design, and platform engineering principles.

• AI tools like Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude, etc.

• Experience influencing and aligning diverse engineering teamsaround shared architectural vision and technical roadmaps.

• 8+ years of software development experience,with at least 2+ years in an architect or technical lead capacity.

• Proven ability to write and deliver high-quality software.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills,including the ability to present technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.