Remote Platform Engineer - Scalable ML Infra & Tools

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance for employees and/or?

14 weeks paid parental leave

Unlimited PTO

401K and equity incentives

Professional development

Mental health benefits

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Member of Technical Staff, Platform Engineer to build the foundation for a new venture with scalable platform services that support research, experimentation, and production-grade systems. This role partners with researchers and cross-functional stakeholders to transform prototypes into reliable infrastructure.

The position spans backend engineering, full-stack tooling, and systems design to enable high-performance workflows and long-term platform growth in a remote setup.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in full-stack applications and backend systems.
• Proficiency in TypeScript, React, and modern backend architecture.
• Strong background in designing scalable backend services and APIs.
• Solid understanding of PostgreSQL and distributed systems.
• Experience with production systems on AWS or GCP; ability to translate research requirements into technical architectures.
• Familiarity with AI model training and reinforcement learning environments is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale reinforcement learning environments and infrastructure for data collection.
• Build and operate scalable backend services, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Develop modular environment domains for model training and evaluation workflows.
• Translate research prototypes into reliable production systems.
• Create full-stack tools and interfaces for research and operational workflows.
• Design resilient systems focused on reliability, performance, and security.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and advance roadmaps.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Backend architecture

Distributed systems

PostgreSQL

AI model training

Reinforcement learning

Tools

AWS

GCP

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Member of Technical Staff, Platform Engineer to build the foundation for a new venture with scalable platform services that support research, experimentation, and production-grade systems. This role partners with researchers and cross-functional stakeholders to transform prototypes into reliable infrastructure.

The position spans backend engineering, full-stack tooling, and systems design to enable high-performance workflows and long-term platform growth in a remote setup.