Platform Engineer
About the Role
You will design and implement high-performance, scalable microservices using Go. You will analyze and improve the efficiency of core systems, identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, and network issues. You will define architectural patterns for database usage, API design, and cloud infrastructure. You will implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code in public cloud environments (AWS/GCP) and ensure platform resilience, security, and observability.
Requirements
- 2–3+ years of commercial backend development experience
- Deep knowledge of Go including concurrency primitives, memory management, and runtime behavior
- Strong understanding of database internals for SQL and NoSQL systems
- Hands-on experience with public cloud (AWS or GCP)
- Experience building distributed systems with message queues and event-driven architecture
- Solid understanding of networking including TCP/IP, HTTP, and gRPC
- Familiarity with Kubernetes
Responsibilities
- Design and implement high-performance scalable microservices using Go
- Analyze and improve infrastructure efficiency and resolve performance bottlenecks
- Identify and fix memory leaks and network issues
- Define and standardize architectural patterns for databases, APIs, and cloud infrastructure
- Implement infrastructure-as-code and automate cloud deployments
- Ensure platform resilience, security, and observability
Benefits
- Equity and early exercise for options including pre-vested
- Work from anywhere (remote-first)
- Flexible paid time off, year-end break, and self care days off
- Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents (US and Canada specific)
- 4% matching in 401k / RRSP (US and Canada specific)
- MacBook Pro delivered
- One-time home office setup stipend
- Monthly meal stipend
- Monthly social meet-up stipend
- Annual health and wellness stipend
- Annual learning stipend
- Unlimited access to an expert financial advisory