Staff Software Engineer – Platform
Rillet
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • United States
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Tech Stack
About the role
- Lead technical decisions across Rillet's infrastructure and platform stack, driving architectural discussions and setting engineering standards.
- Shape the platform roadmap for years to come, identifying opportunities to improve reliability, scalability, and developer productivity.
- Partner with product and engineering teams to advocate for sound infrastructure investments and balance business velocity with operational excellence.
- Establish and champion CI/CD practices, mentoring engineers on deployment strategies and ensuring reliable, frequent releases.
- Lead by example in test-driven development and automation, building robust testing frameworks and fostering a quality-first culture.
- Own production reliability end-to-end: design monitoring solutions, lead incident response, and implement proactive measures to ensure system stability.
- Mentor engineers on the team, conducting code reviews, and raising the technical bar across the organization.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience (CS degree or related field) with a proven track record architecting scalable, resilient systems across infrastructure, developer experience, and integrations.
- Deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and operational tooling, and a strong instinct for building platforms that improve developer velocity and reduce toil.
- Comfortable context-switching across infra, DevEx, and integrations without losing depth, equally at home optimizing a CI/CD pipeline or designing an integration architecture.
- Thrives both independently and collaboratively, with a passion for continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
- Open to using AI to amplify their work,bringing curiosity, sound judgment, and a willingness to learn.
Benefits
- Backed by world-class investors, we offer strong salaries plus equity so you share in our success.
- We've got you covered with top-tier health and dental insurance, premiums partially or fully covered for you, plus 90% coverage for dependents.
- Take the time you need with flexible PTO and 9 company-wide holidays.
- We value both the flexibility of remote and hybrid work and the creativity and energy that comes from in-person collaboration at our hubs in San Francisco, NYC, and Barcelona.
- Join us for team offsites in incredible locations, our team has bonded everywhere from New York and San Francisco to Toronto, Italy, France, and beyond.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
software engineeringarchitecting scalable systemscloud infrastructuredistributed systemsCI/CD practicestest-driven developmentautomationmonitoring solutionsincident responseintegration architecture
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationcontinuous learningknowledge sharingcuriositysound judgmentindependenceadaptabilitycommunication
Certifications
CS degree