padsplit - Staff Platform Engineer (Fully Remote)
Requirements
• Platform Expertise – Extensive experience designing and operating large-scale backend platforms and distributed systems. • Django Mastery – Deep expertise building, scaling, and modernizing production Django applications. • Cloud Architecture – Expert-level experience architecting and operating cloud environments within AWS. • Systems Design – Proven ability to design resilient, secure, and scalable systems that support significant business growth. • Database Leadership – Advanced knowledge of Postgres architecture, performance optimization, and data modeling. • Operational Excellence – Experience building observability, monitoring, incident management, and reliability practices. • Technical Influence – Demonstrated success driving engineering decisions and influencing technical direction across teams. • Mentorship & Communication – Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts and develop other engineers. • ## The Interview Process: • Your application will be reviewed for possible next steps by the Hiring Manager. • If you meet eligibility requirements, the next step would be a video screen with a member of the PeopleOps team for about thirty (30) minutes. • If warranted, the next step would be a video interview with our Director of Platform for one (1) hour. • If warranted, the next step would be a video panel interview with key stakeholders at PadSplit for two (2) hours. • The panel interview will require a candidate to work on a technical assessment where you will showcase your software skills to the panel for discussion. • If warranted, the final interview would be with our CTO. • If warranted, then we move to contract! • Please note: Although the job posting says it's in Atlanta, Georgia, this is a fully remote position. This is a result of our Applicant Tracking System requiring a location to post the role on LinkedIn. • Notice to Applicants: • PadSplit participates in E-Verify. All new employees are required to complete an I-9 form and be authorized to work in the United States. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the E-Verify process.
Responsibilities
• Platform Strategy – Define and drive the technical roadmap for platform infrastructure, reliability, and scalability initiatives. • Architecture Leadership – Design and review complex system architectures that support company growth and evolving business needs. • Technical Direction – Establish engineering standards, best practices, and technical patterns across multiple teams. • Reliability Ownership – Improve system observability, incident response processes, and operational excellence across the platform. • Cross-Team Influence – Partner with Engineering, Product, and Design leaders to align technical investments with business priorities. • Mentorship & Coaching – Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance that elevates engineering capabilities across the organization. • Platform Development – Build and improve backend services, infrastructure tooling, and shared platform capabilities. • Risk Management – Identify technical debt, scalability risks, and operational vulnerabilities before they become business constraints.
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