Own and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable confident, low-friction deployments that work consistently across services and environments
Build and maintain local and cloud development environments so engineers can spin up, test, and debug changes with minimal setup or surprises
Standardize alerting, metrics, and logging across systems to enable quick diagnosis and reduce firefighting time
Systematically identify and resolve developer experience pain points: slow tests, flaky builds, unclear failures, and missing documentation
Introduce strategic automation (e.g., test selection, release validation, infrastructure checks) where it clearly improves velocity or safety
Leverage AI to accelerate engineering workflows, from code review and test generation to infrastructure management
Partner with product engineering teams to drive adoption of platform improvements through trust and collaboration, not mandates

5+ years of software engineering experience, with meaningful time spent on infrastructure, platform, or developer experience work
Strong proficiency with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), containerization (Docker), and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform)
Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions preferred)
Solid understanding of observability and monitoring tools (Datadog preferred) for metrics, logging, alerting, and distributed tracing
Proficiency in scripting and automation (Ruby, Python, Bash, or Go)
Experience with web application backends (Ruby on Rails preferred) and frontend build tooling (pnpm, Turborepo, ESLint, Jest/Vitest, Playwright)
Systems thinking with pragmatism. You design reliable systems that scale for current and near-term needs without over-engineering
Strong communication skills with the ability to drive adoption through mentorship and partnership

Competitive salary and equity package
Unlimited PTO + paid company holidays
Access to holistic medical, dental, and vision plans
Company 401(k), Commuter, and HSA/FSA plans
NYC office in the heart of Manhattan
Lunch and snacks provided in the office
Access to virtual mental health care (Spring Health), vision related benefits (XP Health), and health concierge (Rightway) to help you find the right care
Access to counseling for stress management, dependent care, nutrition, fitness, legal, and financial issues (Guardian WorkLifeMatters EAP)

Senior Software Engineer, Platform

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