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Rockstar

Staff Platform Engineer

Rockstar

Staff Platform Engineer providing technical leadership for a mission-driven company transforming the housing industry through innovative co-living solutions. Driving platform strategy and improving system reliability and developer productivity.

Posted 7/13/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $175,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and operating large-scale backend platforms and distributed systems, with a strong focus on building resilient, secure, and scalable Django applications on AWS. Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive technical direction while establishing best practices and improving system observability.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Django Application DevelopmentAWS Cloud ArchitecturePostgreSQL Performance OptimizationSystem Observability and Incident ManagementTechnical Mentorship

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Hard Skills
Backend Platform DesignDistributed Systems ArchitectureScalability Risk AssessmentTechnical Roadmap DevelopmentEngineering Standards Establishment
Soft Skills
Complex Technical CommunicationInfluencing Technical Direction
Tools & Technologies
AWSPostgreSQLMonitoring ToolsIncident Management Systems
Industry Keywords
Operational ExcellenceTechnical Debt ManagementSystem ReliabilityEngineering Best Practices

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSCloudDistributed SystemsDjangoPostgres

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Define and drive the technical roadmap for platform infrastructure, reliability, and scalability initiatives.
  • Design and review complex system architectures that support company growth and evolving business needs.
  • Establish engineering standards, best practices, and technical patterns across multiple teams.
  • Improve system observability, incident response processes, and operational excellence across the platform.
  • Partner with Engineering, Product, and Design leaders to align technical investments with business priorities.
  • Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance that elevates engineering capabilities across the organization.
  • Build and improve backend services, infrastructure tooling, and shared platform capabilities.
  • Identify technical debt, scalability risks, and operational vulnerabilities before they become business constraints.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Extensive experience designing and operating large-scale backend platforms and distributed systems.
  • Deep expertise building, scaling, and modernizing production Django applications.
  • Expert-level experience architecting and operating cloud environments on AWS.
  • Proven ability to design resilient, secure, and scalable systems that support significant business growth.
  • Advanced knowledge of PostgreSQL architecture, performance optimization, and data modeling.
  • Experience building observability, monitoring, incident management, and reliability practices.
  • Demonstrated success driving engineering decisions and influencing technical direction across teams.
  • Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts and develop other engineers.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Fully remote position