Platform Engineer

Atarusgroup — United States · Posted ~23 hours ago

Senior Full-time Onsite $200000-$300000 + equity

Skills

Platform engineering Backend engineering Infrastructure engineering Internal platform development Developer tooling Cloud infrastructure Containers Deployment automation Distributed systems Backend architecture Secure execution environments System scalability AI infrastructure LLM infrastructure

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Summary

A well-funded AI-focused financial technology company is seeking a Platform Engineer to become an early dedicated infrastructure hire. You will own and evolve core platform and backend systems, build secure execution environments for intelligent workloads, improve developer tooling and deployment automation, and design reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient infrastructure for a regulated environment. Strong experience in backend, platform, or infrastructure engineering, distributed systems, cloud technologies, containers, and end-to-end system ownership is required.

Highlights

An early infrastructure hire with substantial technical ownership, significant equity, and the opportunity to shape platform architecture from the ground up. Work on mission-critical systems supporting AI-driven workflows in a small, highly experienced engineering team.

Description

🚀 Member of Technical Staff – Platform Engineering 📍 New York City – Onsite 💰 $200k–$300k + Equity 💵 $64m Series A | $1bn+ assets under management We’re working with a heavily backed, AI-native FinTech rebuilding wealth management around AI and autonomous agents. They’re looking for a Platform-focused MTS to become one of the first dedicated infrastructure hires, owning the foundations that their engineering team and AI agents run on. What You’ll Be Doing 👇 Own and evolve core platform infrastructure and backend systemsBuild secure execution environments for AI agents operating on sensitive financial dataImprove developer tooling, deployment automation and engineering workflowsDesign highly reliable systems for a regulated, high-stakes environmentOptimise infrastructure for performance, scalability and costHelp define platform architecture and engineering standards as the business scales What They’re Looking For 🧠 Strong backend / platform / infrastructure engineering backgroundExperience building internal platforms or developer toolingStrong cloud, containers and deployment automation experienceExcellent distributed systems and backend architecture knowledgeExperience with sandboxing, isolation or secure execution environmentsExposure to AI/LLM infrastructure highly desirableStartup/scale-up experience where you’ve owned systems end-to-end Why It’s Interesting 💡 First dedicated platform/infrastructure hire with huge technical ownershipAI-native product already managing $1bn+ in client assets$64m Series A from leading global investorsSmall, highly experienced engineering team from some of the world's strongest technology companiesBuild infrastructure for AI agents operating in a genuinely mission-critical environmentSignificant equity and opportunity to shape the technical foundation from an early stage If you’re a strong Platform/Backend Engineer who enjoys high ownership, hard infrastructure problems and building systems from the ground up, this is worth a conversation.