Founding Product & Platform Builder

SGS

New Jersey

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

SGS is seeking a Founding Product & Platform Engineer to define architecture, tooling, and development practices for our next-generation digital products. You will build distributed systems, cloud platforms, and customer-facing experiences, leading by example with hands-on delivery.

You will shape reusable platform capabilities, establish standards, and drive velocity across a small team, delivering high-impact solutions from day one.

Qualifications

10+ years of experience in product engineering and platform/SRE work.
You are a builder who writes code to drive architecture, not just governance.
Strong focus on scalable, observable, and high-quality systems.
Experience collaborating with product and design teams to deliver value.

Responsibilities

Lead by building, architecting through code and setting engineering standards.
Own the full stack across frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure.
Shape the platform and CI/CD pipelines to accelerate delivery.
Transform patterns into reusable services and architectural standards.
Remove friction with automation and thoughtful platform design.
Mentor engineers and elevate technical capabilities.

Skills

React/TypeScript

Backend development

Python

TypeScript

Cloud: AWS

Cloud: GCP

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Observability

Prometheus

Grafana

Jaeger

Product mindset

SRE practices

Tools

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Job description

You will shape reusable platform capabilities, establish standards, and drive velocity across a small team, delivering high-impact solutions from day one.

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