Senior Platform Software Engineer

Acuity

Platform Software Engineer focusing on building and evolving core services for Acuity's AI capabilities. Collaborating with product teams to enhance developer experience and architect scalable solutions.

Posted 6/13/2026full-timeCalifornia • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDockerFlaskGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesMicroservicesNoSQLPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and evolve core platform services, frameworks, and APIs
Own the long-term technical direction of the platform
Define and maintain opinionated architectural patterns
Manage the full AI lifecycle, from POC to production
Improve the end-to-end developer experience for product teams
Act as an internal technical consultant to teams adopting the Commerce AI platform
Evangelize platform capabilities, patterns, and best practices
Build platform level support for Generative AI and Agentic AI
Architect and implement solutions using Python
Conduct code reviews, mentor engineers, and influence engineering standards across teams.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field
5+ years of professional software engineering experience
Strong Python expertise (OOP, typing, async, Pydantic)
Proven experience building REST APIs using FastAPI or Flask
Hands‑on experience with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and GitHub branching strategies
Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred; AWS or GCP acceptable)
Working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, SQL/NoSQL, and microservices
Strong testing discipline (PyTest, automated test strategies)
Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence across teams
Strong understanding of Agile delivery frameworks.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonOOPtypingasyncPydanticREST APIsFastAPIFlaskCI/CDDevOps

Soft Skills

communicationinfluencementoringconsultingevangelizing

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in computer scienceBachelor's degree in engineering