Staff Platform Engineer

Staff Platform Engineer (U.S. Work Authorization Required) Location: San Francisco Bay Area (Hybrid) Compensation: $180K - $220K base + meaningful equity (up to $250K for exceptional candidates) We are building the operating system for a rapidly growing logistics industry. Our platform powers quoting, planning, operations, payments, and other mission critical workflows that move real world assets and money. As our engineering team scales, we are looking for a Staff Platform Engineer to design and own the internal infrastructure that enables engineers to ship quickly, safely, and reliably. This is a high leverage role where you will define the systems that every engineer builds on top of. You will architect the foundations for CI/CD, runtime environments, observability, and deployment workflows while working closely with a small team of senior engineers shipping production software every day. We are an early stage, high ownership environment where engineers operate with autonomy and move quickly. Reliability, correctness, and developer velocity are critical as our platform scales. What you will do Architect and evolve platform infrastructure including CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and deployment workflowsBuild internal platforms that standardize how services are built, deployed, configured, and observedDesign and maintain runtime environments and containerized deploymentsOwn release infrastructure including safety checks, rollback strategies, and production validationPartner with backend engineers to improve developer velocity and operational reliabilityDefine standards for APIs, service ownership, configuration management, and environment consistencyDesign observability systems that provide clear insight into system health and performanceLead root cause analysis for platform or production incidents and implement long term fixesHelp shape the long term platform roadmap as the company scales What We Are Looking For 7+ years of software engineering experience with significant platform or infrastructure ownershipExperience designing and operating production infrastructure in AWS or GCPStrong hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment infrastructureExperience with containerized environments and infrastructure as codeStrong programming ability in at least one backend language such as TypeScript, Python, or GoExperience working in startup environments or high ownership engineering culturesAbility to work autonomously and build systems from concept to production Plus/Nice to Haves: Early platform or infrastructure hire at a startupExperience working in regulated or complex domains such as fintech, logistics, or healthcareExperience building developer platforms or improving developer experienceExperience experimenting with AI assisted development workflows or infrastructure Why This Role Is Interesting Define the infrastructure foundations every engineer will build onWork with a small team of senior engineers operating with high ownershipBuild systems that support real world operations and mission critical workloadsJoin a rapidly growing platform with strong product market fit and significant runway