acquird - Staff Platform Engineer

• You've architected backend systems that other teams build on, owning the service boundaries, data models, and API contracts in production (Node.js and TypeScript; strong engineers from similar stacks transfer well) • You've led complex, multi-engineer backend projects from design through production, and been the technical decision-maker when trade-offs were contested • AI-native development habits: you direct AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or similar) through much of your output, and rigorously review and own what ships • You've designed asynchronous, event-driven systems (queues, background jobs, messaging) that run under real production load, not just consumed them • You've owned hard third-party integrations end to end, including auth, rate limits, retries, and failure modes (ad-platform APIs like Meta's are a plus) • You've simplified data architecture at scale: schema design, ETL pipelines, and storage choices (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or other document stores) that held up as data volume grew • 6+ years building and maintaining large-scale software applications, with recent years operating at a Staff or Lead IC level: setting technical direction, not just executing it • A track record of taking products from 0 to 1, ideally at Series A to C startups • You raise an engineering team's bar: design reviews, mentoring, and standards other engineers adopt • Comfort with a fast pace: short project cycles, evolving requirements, high ownership • Exceptional written and verbal communication, including translating technical issues into business impact • Experience building or integrating LLM-powered product features or agent systems • Able to work with significant overlap to Eastern Time • Founder or founding-engineer experience • Experience with Azure or another public cloud platform • Experience in adtech, martech, or marketing/creative analytics