resend - Platform Engineer

• Build and improve the platform that powers Resend, providing reliable infrastructure and tooling that enables engineers to move quickly and safely • Design and operate scalable cloud infrastructure, primarily on AWS, with a focus on reliability, performance and security • Automate operational work and build self-service workflows that make common infrastructure and engineering tasks easier • Establish platform standards and patterns that help teams build, deploy, and operate services consistently • Improve reliability and observability across Resend, including participating in incident response and turning operational issues into lasting improvements • Partner with engineers across Resend to solve infrastructure and platform problems and build reusable solutions • Bring 8+ years of experience across infrastructure engineering, platform, or SRE • Have strong experience managing production infrastructure as code, using tools like AWS CDK, Terraform, or Pulumi • Understand distributed systems and cloud infrastructure, including queues, workers, databases, caching, networking, and load balancing • Have solid working knowledge of AWS • Have strong experience with observability and monitoring, using tools like Datadog, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry • Are comfortable working across the stack, from load balancers and networking to delivery pipelines • Take ownership, communicate trade-offs clearly, and are comfortable working independently while knowing when to ask for help • Communicate clearly in written and spoken English and can consistently overlap with Americas working hours • YOU WILL BE AN EXCEPTIONAL FIT IF YOU ALSO... • Have operated high-throughput systems at scale • Have built internal platforms, developer tooling, or self-service infrastructure • Have worked on developer tools, public APIs, or email infrastructure • Have deep experience with Node.js, TypeScript, Go, and Postgres • WHAT IT MEANS TO JOIN THE TEAM... • Meaningful ownership: Help decide what we build and take responsibility for how it works • Autonomy: Make decisions, propose improvements, and move work forward • A high bar for quality: Care about everything from API behavior to how a service recovers from failure • A collaborative, low-ego team: Give honest feedback, share knowledge, and help each other grow • Remote work: Work with a fully remote team, with flexibility around shared working hours • Comp: $150,000 - $180,000 USD, commensurate with location and experience