Staff Software Engineer

Playground • New York, NY

25d • Onsite

About The Position

As part of Playground's engineering team, you will be responsible for building and maintaining critical infrastructure that ensures our platform remains scalable, secure, and high-performing. You will play a crucial role in shaping the future of child care technology by improving system uptime, deployment efficiency, security, and developer tooling. We're looking for self-starters who thrive in taking projects from concept to reality, often working independently with high ownership.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, DevOps, or software engineering focused on frontend systems.
• Must be proficient in React
• Proficiency with modern deployment tools and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong experience with Vite, monorepos, and optimizing frontend build tools.
• Experience working with logging and monitoring solutions such as Sentry, Datadog, or Google Cloud Monitoring.
• Deep understanding of security best practices and infrastructure resilience.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a cross-functional team to enhance deployment pipelines, security measures, and infrastructure scalability.
• Optimize Vite configurations to improve build times, reduce bundle sizes, and enhance the developer experience.
• Ensure robust separation between development, staging, and production environments while maintaining the ability to debug critical issues.
• Implement and maintain a centralized queryable logging system that allows engineers and support teams to efficiently debug and analyze system behavior.
• Improve and maintain real-time service uptime monitoring and alerts using tools such as Google Cloud Monitoring, PostHog, Sentry, or similar platforms.
• Maintain and improve internal developer tools to enhance productivity, including CI/CD automation and workflow enhancements.
• Ensure compliance with security best practices across deployment and infrastructure processes.
• Write and maintain clear, accessible documentation for configurations, processes, and best practices.

Benefits

• Competitive salary + equity
• 3 weeks of PTO
• Health, vision, and dental benefits
• $1200/year education stipend
• Free lunch daily
• New MacBook
• Collaborative and supportive work culture with a high level of autonomy and room for growth
• Help accelerate our mission to make excellent child care accessible to all!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees