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Sr. Platform Engineer (Infra Pod)

Pair Team
Location
Remote (United States)
Posted
25 days ago
Department
Engineering
Salary
$180,000 - $220,000
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience as a high-performing individual contributor, building and operating production backend systems
  • Deep expertise in Ruby on Rails with strong understanding of both application and data layers
  • Strong relational database skills, including data modeling and query optimization
  • Experience building and operating platform-level capabilities such as authentication/RBAC, jobs and queues, CI/CD, deployments, integrations, and other shared services
  • Ability to work across the application and infrastructure layers
  • Proven experience tackling the hard parts of production engineering
Nice to have
  • AWS and Terraform experience
What the job really is

As a Senior Platform Engineer at Pair Team, you will be responsible for building and maintaining the infrastructure that supports various product teams. Your role will involve creating core services, improving cloud infrastructure, and establishing reusable patterns to enhance developer experience. You will work closely with engineering and product teams to ensure that the platform scales effectively and operates reliably.

Benefits
  • Competitive salary: $180,000 - $220,000
  • Equity compensation package
  • Medical, dental & vision with HSA/FSA and company HSA contribution
  • Remote-first with equipment and $100/mo home office stipend
  • Flexible PTO and 12 paid holidays
  • 100% company-paid life, disability & AD&D
Things to weigh
  • No salary listed beyond the range provided
  • The role requires a strong focus on both application and infrastructure, which may require a diverse skill set
  • The position is fully remote, which may appeal to some candidates but could also present challenges in collaboration
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