Software Engineer 1, Platform
About The Position
Sydecar is seeking a Software Engineer 1 for their Platform Team. This role is crucial in building and improving the internal developer platform, including CI/CD pipelines, build/deploy automation, and environments. The engineer will also design, operate, and scale core shared services and cloud infrastructure, advance release and test automation, and strengthen the platform's security posture. This is a hybrid role based in San Francisco or New York City, requiring two to three days per week in the office. The position offers an opportunity for an early-career engineer to grow rapidly with experienced platform engineers.
Requirements
- A strong computer science foundation — data structures, algorithms, and systems fundamentals (degree in CS/related field or equivalent practical experience).
- AI-native: fluent and comfortable using agentic / AI-assisted development tools as part of your everyday workflow.
- Curious, a fast learner, and a self-starter who takes ownership and figures things out.
- A collaborative team player with clear communication skills.
- 0–2 years of professional work experience (internships, co-ops, and substantial personal or academic projects count).
Nice To Haves
- Fintech experience (payments, compliance, or regulated environments).
- Exposure to internal developer platforms or developer-experience tooling.
- Terraform and GCP familiarity; observability tooling (logging, metrics, tracing).
- Security interest — OWASP-style practices, secrets management, or dependency/vulnerability scanning.
- Exposure to TypeScript/Node.js, NestJS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, and Playwright / React Testing Library.
Responsibilities
- Build and improve the internal developer platform — CI/CD pipelines, build/deploy automation, and local and preview environments — creating a "golden path" that helps every engineer ship quickly and safely.
- Design, operate, and scale core shared services and cloud infrastructure as code (Terraform), with strong reliability, observability, and cost efficiency.
- Advance release automation and test automation so shipping to production is routine and low-risk, with safe rollout patterns and easy rollbacks.
- Strengthen the platform's security posture and help build a distributed security practice across the engineering org.
- Partner with product teams as an enabler — help build standards and interfaces, and co-build where teams share an interest or have a timely dependency — while keeping the platform focused on general-purpose foundations rather than product-specific work.
- Contribute to projects from concept through deployment, learning to balance speed with scalability.
- Grow through pairing, code review, and mentorship from senior engineers, and take part in architecture discussions.
- Collaborate closely with engineering, product, design, and operations.
Benefits
- Equal employment opportunity for all employees
- Work environment free of discrimination and harassment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
