Staff Software Engineer, Platform
CantinaDigital Transformation company
Remote$200,000 - $240,000Lead
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Builds reusable, scalable platform components and services for engineering teams.
- •As a Staff Software Engineer on the Platform Team, you will establish a foundation that accelerates product development by building reusable, scalable, and high-quality components that empower our engineering teams.
- •Key Responsibilities Design and build core services and product platform components, such as entities and relationship systems.
- •Develop and maintain search infrastructure, including search indexes and relevance systems.
- •Oversee DevOps initiatives, managing AWS usage, Terraform configurations, and platform observability.
- •Own and continuously improve the developer experience by optimizing the backend repository and Go stack.
- •Provide consulting and mentorship to other engineering teams.
- •Requirements 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on building foundation-level platform services and infrastructure.
- •Extensive experience with AWS, Terraform, and infrastructure-as-code for managing large-scale distributed systems.
- •Deep proficiency in Go and backend architectures.
- •Strong understanding of developer productivity metrics and experience improving internal iteration cycles.
- •Experience with search infrastructure, indexing strategies, and observability platforms.
Required skills
AWSTerraformGoCI/CDKubernetesDockerMicroservicesElasticsearch
Domain expertise
developer-toolsai
Benefits & perks
Competitive salary and generous company equity, Medical, dental, and vision insurance – 99.99% of premiums covered by Cantina, 42 days of paid time off, Generous parental leave & fertility support, 401(k) retirement savings plan, Lifestyle spending account – $500/month to use however you’d like, Complimentary lunch and snacks for in-office employees, One Medical membership
Tech stack
AWSTerraformGoDockerKubernetesCI/CDElasticsearch