Remote Staff Application Platform Engineer

Summary

Assured is seeking a Staff Application Platform Engineer to join their team. The role involves enhancing developer productivity, collaborating with the engineering team, ensuring platform security and reliability, resolving bottlenecks, improving application performance, taking ownership of projects, developing new services, and improving platform resilience and efficiency. The candidate should have 8+ years of relevant work experience, proficiency in TypeScript, Node, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, and AWS.

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant work experience preferred
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and ideally Node, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, and AWS
• Ability to collaboratively drive a project from design to operation independently
• People skills to solicit org-wide feedback from other engineers to identify the best solutions for all
• Proven skills in building secure, reliable platforms and complex modern web applications
• A firm belief in developing a top-tier platform that enables engineers to deploy swiftly and with assurance
• A relentless focus on securing sensitive data, ensuring platform reliability and performance
• Passion for your craft and value quality in code, communication, and genuine concern for your colleagues
• Ability to make important technical tradeoff decisions with cross-team implications
• Proactive ownership mentality, constantly improving platform resilience and efficiency, especially in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Enhance developer productivity by identifying and abstracting common functionalities
• Collaborate with the engineering team to identify, design, develop, and implement best practices for platform engineering
• Ensure the platform is scalable, reliable, and secure
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks that our systems may encounter
• Maintain an unwavering focus on securing sensitive data, and ensure the reliability and performance of the platform
• Monitor, tune, and improve application performance
• Take ownership of projects from inception to deployment, ensuring high-quality and timely delivery
• Develop new services and enhance our existing system to accommodate new products
• Improve platform resilience and efficiency, especially in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• Comprehensive Health Care
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Family Leave
• Financial Wellness
• Flexible Spending Accounts