Staff Software Engineer, Application Delivery

7+ years of experience building the technical strategy and driving software delivery (Github Actions, Argo CD or equivalent CI/CD systems) or similar platform work with broad organizational impact beyond operations.

Experience building and scaling a platform as a product for internal engineers with multi-tenancy serving many teams through self‐service paved paths, with attention to adoption, backward compatibility, and isolation/guardrails between tenants

Demonstrated proficiency in building and maintaining production services in one or more general‐purpose programming languages (e.g., Go, Python, TypeScript/Node.js, or Java), including code review and debugging complex issues.

5+ years of experience with containers, Kubernetes, package management tools(Helm or equivalent), IAC tools(Terraform or equivalent), Gitops‐based deployment workflows and cloud services such as AWS, GCP.

Experience using delivery and productivity metrics (e.g., DORA, SPACE) and platform observability to measure and improve release quality and delivery.

Proficiency with GenAI‐assisted developer tooling (e.g., Cursor, Copilot, or Claude Code) and judgment about how to integrate agentic workflows into CI/CD safely.

Experience leading cross‐team technical work, communicating trade‐offs, and building understanding among diverse partners including Product, platform, and product engineering teams.

Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to an inclusive, collaborative engineering culture.

Exposure to artifact/package management (e.g., Artifactory or similar) with attention to security, retention, cost, and ease of use for engineers.

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Compensation and Benefits For This Role: In addition to base salary, this role is also eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.

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