AI-First Platform Engineer – Remote, Stock Options

Ordergroove; United States; Remote; USD 153,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Totally remote workforce

Annual personal development budget

Job summary

Ordergroove seeks a product-minded Staff Software Engineer to own foundational platform capabilities end-to-end in an AI-first company. You will shape APIs, SDKs, and resilient services, driving developer experience for internal teams and merchants.

You will design scalable systems, champion observability and SLOs, and embrace a You Build It, You Run It culture with strong emphasis on security and reliability.

Qualifications

• Systems thinker with product empathy and focus on developer experience.
• Proven ability to design robust, high-scale APIs and backend services.
• Maintainable, production-ready code with strong testing, CI/CD and security.
• Strong grounding in Python, Go, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Build AI-first platform APIs, SDKs, and MCP servers for safe interactions.
• Architect and evolve systems powering orders, identity, and processing end-to-end.
• Ensure high availability, low latency, and fault tolerance in multi-tenant setup.
• Own full lifecycle of services from design to production and health.
• Develop DevX tooling and primitives to accelerate internal teams.

Skills

Product mindset

Systems thinking

Distributed systems

API design

Go

Python

Kubernetes

GCP

Event-driven

Tools

Python

Go

Kubernetes

Event-Driven Systems

GCP

Job description

Ordergroove seeks a product-minded Staff Software Engineer to own foundational platform capabilities end-to-end in an AI-first company. You will shape APIs, SDKs, and resilient services, driving developer experience for internal teams and merchants.

You will design scalable systems, champion observability and SLOs, and embrace a You Build It, You Run It culture with strong emphasis on security and reliability.