Remote Senior Staff Platform Engineer - Architecture
Ladders
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Job summary
Ladders is seeking a Sr. Staff Platform Engineer to define the technical foundation for scalable, compliant healthcare-focused systems. Remote within the US only.
You will own major platform initiatives, lead architecture, drive reliability and cost improvements, and mentor engineers across teams. The role requires 12+ years in platform/infra/SRE and strong Go/Python/TypeScript/Java skills.
Qualifications
- 12+ years in Platform, Infra, DevOps or SRE with cross-team ownership
- Kubernetes/EKS, service mesh, and Infrastructure-as-Code expertise
- Led complex multi-quarter programs from architecture to execution
- Experience debugging production incidents in distributed systems
- Proficient in Go, Python, TypeScript or Java; strong coding judgment
- Ability to influence across engineering orgs without direct authority
- Experience mentoring Staff-level engineers and shaping system design
Responsibilities
- Own critical platform initiatives with single-threaded responsibility
- Set architectural direction and create shared components for consistency
- Lead through hands-on technical excellence in complex systems
- Drive execution across organizational boundaries and resolve systemic blockers
- Own end-to-end testing infrastructure strategy for engineering teams
- Mentor Staff and Senior engineers on system design and migration strategy
- Lead reduction of technical debt and cost through large-scale infrastructure changes
- Establish metrics to demonstrate the value of platform investments
Job description
Ladders is seeking a Sr. Staff Platform Engineer to define the technical foundation for scalable, compliant healthcare-focused systems. Remote within the US only.
You will own major platform initiatives, lead architecture, drive reliability and cost improvements, and mentor engineers across teams. The role requires 12+ years in platform/infra/SRE and strong Go/Python/TypeScript/Java skills.
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