Senior Platform Engineer - AI-Driven Dev Tools

United States Digital Space LLC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Klaviyos is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own and evolve the backend platform that powers engineering across the company. You will drive dependency management, platform upgrades, and developer productivity tools to reduce toil and accelerate velocity.

You will contribute to engineering standards, collaborate with security and product teams, and explore AI-driven strategies to improve platform lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with strong CS fundamentals.
• Experience building scalable backend systems and platform infrastructure.
• Proficiency with Python, Go, and modern web tech stacks.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and engineering excellence.

Responsibilities

• Drive evolution of developer platform across the organization.
• Lead planning and execution of major software releases and upgrades.
• Improve developer productivity and reduce toil across teams.
• Set engineering standards for code quality and reliability.
• Explore AI tooling within platform lifecycle to accelerate work.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and roll out changes.
• Monitor platform health and resolve complex incidents proactively.

Skills

5+ years experience

Python

Go

Django

FastAPI

React

TypeScript

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Buildkite

Pants

Tools

Python

Go

Django

FastAPI

React

TypeScript

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Buildkite

Pants

Job description

Klaviyos is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own and evolve the backend platform that powers engineering across the company. You will drive dependency management, platform upgrades, and developer productivity tools to reduce toil and accelerate velocity.

You will contribute to engineering standards, collaborate with security and product teams, and explore AI-driven strategies to improve platform lifecycle.