Our Company

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Staff Software Engineer – Platform & Compute Systems

Our Team

This role is for a Staff Software Engineer in the Platform Services team within the Core Platform Software organization.

We build foundational platform and compute systems that enable scalable self-service experiences, AI/ML workloads, and distributed analytics workloads in the cloud. These platforms form the backbone for user-facing products and internal engineering teams, enabling reliable provisioning, execution, and lifecycle management of complex compute environments.

This is a senior individual contributor role focused on technical leadership, architecture, and building durable platform capabilities. It is not a DevOps or infrastructure operations role.

Key focus areas include:
• Platform and compute control-plane services supporting large-scale distributed systems
• Self-service and product-led platform foundations
• AI/ML and analytics execution platforms running on cloud-native compute
• Core orchestration, lifecycle, and state-management services with strong API design

What You’ll Do

• Lead design and architecture of core platform and compute services used across multiple products and teams
  • Build and evolve control-plane systems responsible for provisioning, scaling, and lifecycle management of distributed compute environments
  • Design and implement scalable backend services and APIs consumed by self-service and AI-driven workflows
  • Define architecture patterns, technical standards, and best practices for platform engineering teams
  • Drive design reviews and provide technical guidance across engineering teams
  • Tackle complex distributed systems problems related to scale, reliability, state, and failure handling
  • Partner closely with product, AI/ML, and UI teams to shape end-to-end system design
  • Mentor senior engineers and raise the overall engineering bar

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience designing and building large-scale platform or backend systems
  • Strong programming expertise in Python, Java, Go, or similar languages
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems and cloud-native architectures
  • Hands-on experience with at least one major public cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • Experience designing APIs, control planes, or shared platform services used by multiple teams
  • Ability to lead technical initiatives end-to-end and influence architectural decisions
  • Strong problem-solving skills and systems-level thinking

Nice to Have

• Experience building self-service platforms or internal developer platforms
  • Experience supporting AI/ML or analytics workloads at scale
  • Familiarity with distributed compute runtimes, schedulers, or container platforms
  • Experience with event-driven or workflow-based architectures

Minimum Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field with 8+ years of industry experience
  • Advanced degree with 6+ years of experience

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