Platform Engineer

present of AI; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

PlayerZero is seeking a Platform Engineer in Atlanta to build and maintain the backend services and shared infrastructure that support multiple teams. The role emphasizes dependable data flow and services that stay steady under real load, with a focus on scalable cloud infrastructure and automation.

As part of the AI-era shift, you’ll shape how systems fit together, weighing tradeoffs and keeping shared services trustworthy when many teams depend on them.

Responsibilities

• Platform Engineer typically builds and maintains the backend services and shared infrastructure that other teams rely on.

Job description

A Platform Engineer typically builds and maintains the backend services and shared infrastructure that other teams rely on. A strong candidate brings solid backend engineering, comfort with cloud systems and automation, and a habit of making shared tooling reliable and easy for others to use. At a company building a model of production software, that means caring about dependable data flow and services that stay steady under real load.

How it fits the AI era

Platform work is shifting as AI tools speed up coding, testing and routine operations, so the engineer spends less time on boilerplate and more on design and judgment. What stays human is deciding how systems fit together, weighing tradeoffs, and keeping shared services trustworthy when many teams depend on them. The role becomes more about shaping reliable foundations than writing every line by hand.

How it builds AI experience

This role offers hands on exposure to AI and developer tooling, since the product models production software to catch issues early. Experience can be built by working with backend services that handle telemetry or system data, and by learning how AI assisted tools fit into engineering workflows. Watching how predictions are made and acted on gives practical grounding in applied AI.

Worth showing

• Backend service development
• Cloud infrastructure automation
• Reliable shared tooling
• Telemetry and data flow

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About PlayerZero

PlayerZero builds a living model of production software to predict and prevent customer-facing issues before code ships, per the company.