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Sr. Software Engineer (Platform)
Instrumental Inc
Palo AltoHybrid3mo ago
- Employment
- Full-time
- Seniority
- Senior
About the role
- Own the full software development lifecycle across design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations
- Build and evolve core platform services with an emphasis on pragmatism, maintainability, and operational excellence
- Improve system simplicity, reliability, security, observability, incident detection, and response
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and iteration speed
- Identify, evaluate, and prioritize new tools, technologies, and technical debt based on ROI
- Collaborate across engineering teams to ensure platform capabilities meet product, AI, and edge system needs
- Has 5+ years of backend or platform engineering experience; startup experience required
- Takes full ownership of production systems — from design through deployment and operations
- Makes pragmatic, well-reasoned technical decisions and can articulate their tradeoffs
- Is fluent in Python or Go; experience with other backend languages is a plus
- Has experience with data modeling and data processing pipelines
- Leads the way in AI tool adoption on their teams to improve development productivity and outcomes
- Communicates clearly and collaborates effectively across teams
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