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Staff Platform Engineer

Location

United States

Posted

18 hours ago

Salary

$175K - $200K / year

Seniority

Lead

Job Description

Staff Platform Engineer

Rockstar

Role Description Rockstar is recruiting for a mission-driven company transforming the housing industry through innovative co-living solutions. They are looking for a Staff Platform Engineer to provide technical leadership for their platform infrastructure and backend architecture as they continue to scale. This role will drive platform strategy, improve system reliability and developer productivity, and partner across engineering teams to build secure, scalable solutions that support the company’s long-term growth. The Person They’re Looking For: They are looking for a highly experienced engineer who excels at solving complex technical challenges and influencing engineering direction across multiple teams. This person brings deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and backend architecture while balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution. They are a collaborative leader who enjoys mentoring others, driving technical excellence, and building systems that create lasting business impact. Here’s What You’ll Be Doing Day-to-Day: - Platform Strategy: Define and drive the technical roadmap for platform infrastructure, reliability, and scalability initiatives. - Architecture Leadership: Design and review complex system architectures that support company growth and evolving business needs. - Technical Direction: Establish engineering standards, best practices, and technical patterns across multiple teams. - Reliability Ownership: Improve system observability, incident response processes, and operational excellence across the platform. - Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner with Engineering, Product, and Design leaders to align technical investments with business priorities. - Technical Mentorship: Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance that elevates engineering capabilities across the organization. - Platform Development: Build and improve backend services, infrastructure tooling, and shared platform capabilities. - Risk Management: Identify technical debt, scalability risks, and operational vulnerabilities before they become business constraints. Qualifications - Platform Expertise: Extensive experience designing and operating large-scale backend platforms and distributed systems. - Backend Development: Deep expertise building, scaling, and modernizing production Django applications. - Cloud Architecture: Expert-level experience architecting and operating cloud environments on AWS. - Systems Design: Proven ability to design resilient, secure, and scalable systems that support significant business growth. - Database Expertise: Advanced knowledge of PostgreSQL architecture, performance optimization, and data modeling. - Operational Excellence: Experience building observability, monitoring, incident management, and reliability practices. - Technical Leadership: Demonstrated success driving engineering decisions and influencing technical direction across teams. - Communication & Mentorship: Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts and develop other engineers. Interview Process - Your application will be reviewed by the Hiring Manager. - If selected, you’ll have a 30-minute video interview with a member of the People Operations team. - Next is a 1-hour video interview with the Director of Platform. - Followed by a 2-hour panel interview with key stakeholders, including a technical assessment and discussion of your approach. - The final interview is with the CTO. - Successful candidates move to the offer stage. Compensation, Benefits, and Perks - Fully remote position - $175,000 – $200,000 USD annually - Compensation is based on the role’s scope, market benchmarks, experience, and expected impact. - Location: Although some job boards may list Atlanta, Georgia due to posting requirements, this is a fully remote position. Notice to Applicants The client participates in E-Verify. All new employees must complete an I-9 form and be authorized to work in the United States. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the E-Verify process. The client is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. The client may use AI tools to support portions of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, assessing responses, or identifying potential inconsistencies. These tools assist the recruitment team but do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are always made by people. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact the company.

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