Staff Platform Engineer (Hybrid)

Fiddler Labs•Palo Alto, CA

41d•$195,000 - $300,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Platform Engineering at FiddlerAI is the engine that drives product velocity and customer success. We design and deliver the self-service tools and infrastructure that empower teams to innovate safely and at scale. By standardizing systems and reducing friction, we help every engineer focus on what matters most-building exceptional products that perform seamlessly for our customers Our Platform Engineering team is a group of builders who make hard things look easy. They design and maintain the systems that keep Fiddler running smoothly; quietly holding the universe together with code, caffeine, and collaboration. Spread across time zones but united in purpose, this crew thrives on solving real problems, sharing what they learn, and jumping in to help wherever they're needed. They bring brains, grit, and a healthy sense of humor to everything they do. They're the kind of teammates who fix the issue, explain how they did it, and still show up to celebrate the win with everyone else. Platform Engineering doesn't just keep the lights on, we're busy designing better ones

Requirements

Masters or Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field, combined with 10+ years of industry experience, with demonstrated solid foundation in software development.
Proficiency with coding in Python or Golang.
Adaptability & Ownership: proven ability to thrive in ambiguity and a fast-paced environment. We need a self-motivated initiator who can take ownership of projects with a high degree of autonomy, confidently filling in the gaps when the full picture isn't available.
System Design & Optimization: A strong grasp of distributed systems and the capacity to troubleshoot production issues.
Technical Leadership & Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to plan, execute, and deliver projects by effectively breaking down complex problems into manageable tasks, and guiding a small team of engineers. Must be adept at cross-functional collaboration across a geographically distributed team, working closely with product managers, designers, frontend developers, and data scientists to ensure alignment and successful project outcomes
Coaching & Mentorship: you should be an excellent collaborator and a mentor to other team members, raising the technical bar for the entire team and regularly engage in code and design reviews.

Nice To Haves

Ability to work in our Palo Alto office 3 days a week preferred

Responsibilities

Help build our future platform using best practices from the PE community in industry.
Build self-service infrastructure for our engineers and customers to ship their code quickly and reliably.
Manage the containers-based model serving platform in both a hosted, multi-cloud environment and in customer on-premise VPCs.
Operate underlying infrastructure (compute, networking, storage, etc.).
Own the development experience for our customers, including CI/CD, local development environment, documentation, compliance, upgrading, and more.
Establish monitoring and infrastructure health reporting for the advancement of self-healing infrastructure principles.
Be on-call for services owned.
Work across timezones in a collaborative remote environment.