Provide technical leadership and architectural direction for Intangible's platform layer
Design and evolve infrastructure for our AI-assisted, collaborative tools at scale
Lead the implementation of backend services and APIs with a focus on security, modularity, and performance
Define and implement infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, observability, and system health tooling
Ensure our systems meet high availability targets ("four nines") while remaining flexible for rapid iteration
Integrate 3rd-party services including AI pipelines, payments, analytics, and user auth
Collaborate across product, design, and ML to translate creative tooling needs into backend capabilities

Deep expertise in managing content across asynchronous and real-time collaborative environments, including orchestration of agentic APIs and data flows through these environments
Proficiency with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Practical expertise with cloud infrastructure and IaC tools
Deep understanding of distributed systems, WebSockets, WebTransport, and realtime sync
Optimizing schema and large data sets for use by LLMs
Architecting and deploying multi-tenant systems with strong role, permission, and tenant isolation
Managing schema migrations and cross-environment data synchronization safely
Expertise in GCP and/or PostgreSQL (bonus)
Experience with 3D tools or creative platforms (bonus)
Passion for building creative tools and empowering artists (bonus)
Experience using AI tools to improve engineering workflows (e.g., code generation, debugging, testing, documentation), or strong openness to adopting them (bonus)

We are a remote-first, distributed company with a concentration in the SF/Bay Area.
Health insurance for you and your dependants
401(k) plan with employer contribution
Flexible PTO

Senior Platform Engineer

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