Senior Platform Engineer

Summary

Join TeamSnap's remote Platform Engineering team as a Senior Platform Engineer and play a pivotal role in ensuring seamless experiences for developers and users. Drive improvements in infrastructure, the development lifecycle, and automation, leveraging AI to enhance development tools. Architect and build scalable, highly available systems serving millions of daily users. Collaborate with teams to identify and resolve pain points, champion system reliability, and optimize performance. This role requires strong analytical and communication skills, proficiency in at least one core language (GO, Node/Typescript), and experience in technical leadership for large-scale projects. TeamSnap offers competitive compensation, a fully remote work environment, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Strong analytical and communication skills, with experience working with product engineers and participating in on-call rotations
• Proficiency in at least one of our core languages (GO, Node/Typescript) to automate and improve operational efficiency
• Experience guiding and mentoring engineers to grow their skills and knowledge
• Experience as a technical lead for large projects on high-scale, distributed software systems
• Experience with direct usage of SQL and general database administration knowledge
• Ability to debug complex issues in a distributed system
• Experience contributing to automated build and deployment systems

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, reliable systems using cutting-edge technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform and GCP (Google Cloud Platform) services, ensuring our applications reach a global audience
• Collaborating across teams, identify pain points in the development lifecycle and build tools to improve efficiency and reliability
• Actively explore and implement innovative solutions, including leveraging generative AI, to enhance the developer experience by automating tasks, providing intelligent assistance, and streamlining workflows
• Be on the front lines during incidents, working closely with engineers across the company to quickly resolve issues and strengthen our infrastructure
• Be a champion for system reliability, continuously optimizing performance, monitoring systems, and leading incident response efforts by proactively addressing issues and exploring innovative solutions
• Ensure the smooth operation and resilience of our platform, providing an exceptional user experience

Benefits

• We're proud to be remote-first . We've been remote since 2009, long before COVID made it cool
• Unlimited PTO and paid parental leave for ALL parents (not just primary or secondary)
• 100% premium coverage of medical/dental/vision for you and your family
• 401K to help you invest for the future
• $1,500 annual learning and development stipend
• Travel to fun locations for all-company meetings and team events
• Generous home office allowance to set you up for success
• TeamSnap SWAG to our store upon starting and a $50 credit on every work anniversary thereafter
• A monthly stipend reimbursement for health & wellness and so much more!