Sr. Platform Engineer

Hims & Hers

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About The Position

We’re looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to build the paved road for product teams and drive adoption of it at scale. You’ll design and operate the developer platform that powers our services, with a particular focus on expanding our Backstage portal from greenfield micro-service templating to full-fleet coverage including retro‑onboarding 100+ existing services and enabling repeatable, self‑service upgrades. You’ll partner deeply with product engineering to close the feedback loop so the platform gets used, not shelved.

Requirements

• 7+ years as a DevOps, SRE, Software, or Platform Engineer building and operating services and the tooling around them.
• Bachelor’s in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Production experience with Backstage (or a similar developer portal), service catalogs, and software templates.
• Depth in cloud + containers (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes), infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform or similar), and CI/CD.
• Proficient coding skills in at least one of TypeScript/JavaScript, Go, Java, or Python and familiarity with multi‑repo change management.
• A product mindset with empathy for developers; you seek feedback, simplify workflows, and bias toward adoption.

Nice To Haves

• Proven track record making platforms that developers choose to use self‑service workflows, templates, and documentation that accelerate delivery.
• Experience leading large-scale dependency and framework upgrades across many repos/services (e.g., automated PRs, codemods, or templated migrations), with safe rollout and measurable adoption.
• Hands‑on with observability (Datadog Preferred but Prometheus/Grafana, OpenTelemetry will all work).
• Security-first mindset and experience with secrets management, IAM/least privilege, container scanning, etc.
• Comfortable with RFCs, technical writing, and leading cross‑org programs.

Responsibilities

• Expand Backstage beyond greenfield: Stand up catalog ingestion and ownership models; create software templates and Scaffolder actions that let teams standardize, bootstrap, and retrofit existing repos into the platform.
• Retro‑onboard 100+ services: Build importers, linters, and migration playbooks to add legacy services to Backstage with clear docs, checks, and golden‑path defaults (CI, runtime, observability, security).
• Automate upgrades to prevent drift: Ship organization‑wide upgrade mechanisms (e.g., codemods/OpenRewrite, repo PR fan‑out) to keep SDKs, APIs, and platform dependencies current.
• Establish platform guardrails: Define scorecards/insights and CI policies (lint, contract checks, security baselines) that raise signals and make it easy for teams to get to 'green.'
• Own core platform components: Design, build, and operate Kubernetes, IaC (e.g., Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, service templates, runtime addons, and shared libraries with SLOs and clear runbooks.
• Work closely with product teams: Partner with a rotating set of squads to co‑design golden paths, collect feedback, remove friction, and measure adoption and impact.
• Lead migrations and deprecations: Plan and execute multi‑repo changes (API versioning, SDK upgrades, framework/runtime bumps) with clear comms, docs, and safe rollout strategies.
• Measure what matters: Instrument developer experience and delivery metrics; use data to prioritize and iterate the platform roadmap.

Benefits

• Competitive salary & equity compensation for full-time roles
• Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and quarterly mental health days
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental & vision, and parental leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• 401k benefits with employer matching contribution
• Offsite team retreats

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees