Senior Engineer II

ZipRecruiter; Cambridge; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to enhance developer experience and drive impactful change. In this hybrid role, you'll develop internal applications and lead platform innovation, collaborating across teams to build scalable solutions. With a focus on mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of excellence, you'll have the opportunity to shape the technology platform's foundation. This role is perfect for someone with a passion for software engineering and a commitment to quality, eager to make a significant impact in a growing organization.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Software Engineering experience with a focus on leadership.
• Strong understanding of Developer Experience (DevEx) best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Go/TypeScript applications for automation and CI/CD.
• Architect resilient systems using AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform.

Skills

Go

TypeScript

CI/CD

AWS

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

Mentorship

Software Engineering Best Practices

Tools

Terraform

CDK

CloudFormation

Job description

Job Description

EverQuote is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join our growing team! As a Senior Engineer II on the Platform Engineering team, you'll be a key driver in developer experience enhancing the tools that empower our engineers to build and deliver high-quality software more efficiently. You will collaborate across teams to design and implement scalable, reliable systems, while mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of innovation and excellence. This is a unique opportunity to shape the foundation of EverQuote's technology platform and drive impactful change across the organization.

This is a hybrid role that requires being onsite in our office in Cambridge, MA.

What you'll do:

• Develop Internal Applications: Build and maintain Go/TypeScript applications to automate processes, manage infrastructure, and streamline CI/CD for developers.
• Lead Platform Innovation: Define and drive platform strategy to improve productivity and reliability as EverQuote scales.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with product, engineering, and infrastructure teams to build scalable CI/CD, Kubernetes, and AWS solutions.
• Architect Solutions: Design and implement resilient systems using AWS, Kubernetes, Lambdas and Terraform/CDK to speed up software releases.
• Mentor Engineers: Guide and mentor engineers, promoting a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Boost Reliability & Scalability: Develop strategies to enhance infrastructure reliability, scalability, and improve observability and incident response.
• Evolve the Platform: Lead improvements in container orchestration, CI/CD, observability practices and more.

Who you are:

• 7+ years of professional Software Engineering experience, preferably with recent technical leadership.
• Strong understanding of Developer Experience (DevEx) best practices.
• Recent and proficient experience with Go, Typescript, or similar.
• Experience with build & deploy systems (CI/CD) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CDK, & Cloudformation a plus).
• Expertise in synthesizing complex technical requirements, designs, trade-offs, and capabilities into clear decisions and influencing product direction.
• Ability to communicate decisions and practices to the engineering organization effectively.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & standard methodologies for the software development process, including documentation and task management, coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, operations, and critical metrics.
• At least 2+ years of experience in hands-on work in infrastructure and scaling well-architected distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and AWS in a production environment.
• Experience in encouraging a strong engineering culture and improving reliability in a growing company, including the ability to work closely with other senior and staff engineers to drive change.
• Passion for your craft and genuine care for the people you work with. You value quality across code, communication, and culture.

Nice to have:

• Contributions to open-source projects within the CNCF ecosystem.
• Experience with IDP products i.e. Backstage.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and Event catalogs.
• Hands-on experience deploying and managing developer portals.
• Relevant AWS & Kubernetes certifications.

About Us:

EverQuote (Nasdaq: EVER) operates the largest online marketplace for insurance shopping in the United States. We make insurance shopping easy, efficient and personal, saving consumers and providers time and money. Our goal is to reshape the way consumers shop and improve the way insurance providers attract and connect with customers as insurance shopping continues to shift online.

EverQuote is committed to building a welcoming, respectful and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, genetics, disability, national origin, or veteran status.

We get it. Requirements can sometimes hold people back from applying to a job, but don't let that be the case here. If you believe you have the skills it takes to elevate this role, team, and company, we encourage you to apply for this role.