Assured

Staff Application Platform Engineer – DX

Assured

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $210,000 - $240,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Elevate developer productivity by abstracting common patterns and creating tools that make building delightful.
  • Design, develop, and optimize our platform to be secure, reliable, and effortlessly scalable.
  • Diagnose and resolve bottlenecks across the stack to ensure smooth, high-performance systems.
  • Champion security and reliability, ensuring sensitive data stays protected at all times.
  • Continuously improve resilience and efficiency, especially under rapid product growth.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to design and implement best practices that benefit all teams.
  • Own projects end-to-end — from ideation to deployment — driving quality, speed, and impact.
  • Enhance and expand our platform services, enabling the next generation of Assured products.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in platform or backend engineering (or equivalent expertise)
  • Deep knowledge of TypeScript, plus experience with Node.js, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, and AWS
  • Proven ability to lead projects independently from architecture to production
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical direction across teams
  • A track record of building secure, reliable, high-performance platforms
  • A passion for craftsmanship — clean code, thoughtful design, and collaborative teamwork
  • Confidence making strategic technical tradeoffs with company-wide implications
  • A growth mindset and ownership mentality, always looking to make systems better
Benefits
  • Competitive Compensation: Competitive salary and equity packages for all employees
  • Healthcare Plan: Platinum medical, dental, and vision
  • Free life insurance: Including long-term disability & short-term disability
  • Unlimited PTO: Uncapped vacation days & paid holidays
  • Family Leave: Maternity & paternity
  • 401(k) Contribution: Assured contributes 3% of your income, even if you don't contribute
  • WFH Benefits: Lunch on us 2x/week, monthly phone stipend & other home office perks
  • Health FSAs & HSAs: Pre-tax accounts for out-of-pocket medical expenses
  • Team events & Offsites: We're remote, but we regularly get together
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
TypeScriptNode.jsGraphQLPostgreSQLAWSplatform engineeringbackend engineeringhigh-performance systemssecure systemsscalable systems
Soft Skills
strong communication skillsinfluence technical directioncollaborative teamworkgrowth mindsetownership mentalitycraftsmanshipproject leadershipstrategic technical tradeoffsproblem-solvingcross-functional collaboration