[Remote] Senior Software Engineer (Platform Core)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pindrop is the Real Human + Right Human® Identity Trust Platform for the AI era. As a Senior Software Engineer on Platform Core, you will own and evolve high-scale backend and data-layer services that every Pindrop product depends on.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, and operate distributed backend services and APIs that support high-volume customer interactions
- Take end-to-end ownership of platform work, from framing ambiguous problems and shaping technical plans through implementation, rollout, and production support
- Improve reliability, scalability, latency, and cost across shared platform systems that serve teams across the business
- Partner closely with Product, SRE, and peer engineering teams to deliver platform improvements without destabilizing live traffic
- Participate in on-call, incident response, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of alerting, runbooks, deployment quality, and capacity planning
- Raise engineering standards through code reviews, design reviews, pairing, documentation, and mentorship for other engineers on the team
Skills
- 5-7+ years of experience building backend services and APIs in production, or equivalent practical depth
- Strong hands-on experience with Python and/or Go
- Experience with distributed systems, concurrency, and cloud-native development on AWS and/or GCP using Kubernetes and Docker
- Proven production ownership, including deploying, monitoring, troubleshooting, and participating in on-call for high-scale services
- Strong experience with data and messaging technologies such as PostgreSQL or Aurora, Redis, and RabbitMQ, along with the ability to reason about reliability, performance, and scale tradeoffs
- Experience with Redshift, Elasticsearch, DynamoDB, S3, Kinesis, or IAM
- Experience with infrastructure as code, especially Terraform
- Strong observability habits across metrics, logs, and traces
- Experience scaling or migrating databases, including read replicas, cluster mode, or engine migrations
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package, including RSUs (Restricted Stock Units) for all employees, so everyone shares in our long-term success.
- Remote-first environment - giving you flexibility and autonomy in how you structure your day.
- While we work flexibly, we prioritize meaningful in-person moments through regular team on-sites, company-wide events, and intentional gatherings that foster connection, collaboration, and shared success.
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Generous health and welfare plans to choose from - including one employer-paid “employee-only” plan!
- Best-in-class Health Savings Account (HSA) employer contribution
- Low-cost vision and dental plans for you and your family, providing comprehensive coverage and peace of mind.
- Paid Parental Leave - Including birth, adoptive & foster parents
- One year of diaper delivery for your newest addition to the family! It’s our way of welcoming new Pindroplets to the family!
- Recurring monthly phone and internet allowance to help cover essential connectivity costs and support flexible work.
- Enhanced fertility and GLP-1 benefits to support family-building journeys and personalized health needs.
- Annual Learning & Development stipend to support your professional growth, skill-building, certifications, and continued education.
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