Staff Platform Engineer, Interoperability
Drata•San Francisco, CA
•$200,000 - $271,500•Hybrid
About The Position
The Staff Platform Engineer plays a pivotal role in crafting and enhancing the tools and platform that elevate the development experience for our internal engineering teams. By focusing on developer efficiency, tooling, and the seamless integration of our development processes, this position is essential in enabling our teams to deliver innovative products rapidly and reliably.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience as a software engineer, with a proven track record of delivering complex solutions.
- 3+ years of experience with NodeJS and React, with familiarity in NestJS and/or NextJS being a plus.
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related field.
- Proficiency in Temporal, Terraform, ElasticSearch/OpenSearch, PostgreSQL, and Snowflake, JavaScript, ES6, TypeORM, MySQL, Git, Jest, Redis, REST principles.
- Experience in AWS hosting and building in AWS.
- Strong object-oriented programming skills and understanding of algorithms and web services.
- Previous experience leading engineering teams and delivering successful projects.
- Self-directed and independent, with a passion for driving complete features/products from inception to delivery.
- Ability to navigate and negotiate difficult tradeoffs effectively.
- Agile development experience, with a preference for candidates with startup or scaling experience.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with Temporal, Terraform, ElasticSearch/OpenSearch, PostgreSQL, and Snowflake.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain a comprehensive platform that supports internal development workflows, from code inception to deployment.
- Lead the creation of developer tools that automate and streamline our CI/CD processes, enhancing productivity and ensuring consistency across environments.
- Implement monitoring and analytics tools that provide actionable insights into application performance and development pipeline efficiency.
- Work closely with the Infrastructure and Data Teams to enhance developer tooling and data access, streamlining data-driven development and analytics processes.
- Create and design architecture diagrams to guide the development of scalable and efficient systems.
- Mentor and guide team members, fostering their growth and development.
- Collaborate with product managers to translate product requirements into technical specifications.
- Architect and develop highly scalable web applications and RESTful APIs.
- Build tools, services, and automation to enhance the capabilities of our platform.
- Evaluate and enhance the performance, durability, and security of production applications.
- Contribute to server-side code and database architecture using NodeJS and NestJS.
- Contribute to client-side code using React.
- Ensure adherence to best practices through thorough code reviews and coaching.
- Adapt quickly to evolving business needs and transition between different contexts seamlessly.
Benefits
- Stock equity
- Up to 100% employer-paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents
- Comprehensive wellness benefits and healthcare concierge services
- 401(k) plan
- Company-paid life and disability insurance
- Tax-advantaged spending accounts
- Discounted voluntary offerings
- Paid Parental Leave policy, after six months of employment
- Kindbody fertility and family-building benefits
- Dedicated leave specialists
- Generous annual stipends for both professional and personal development
- Access to a wide range of internal learning opportunities
- Flexible vacation policy
- Paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
