Senior Platform Engineer: AI Infra & Cloud Foundations

Neura Market; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 216,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental & Vision

Retirement benefits

Learning & development stipend

Generous PTO

Commuter stipend

Job summary

Scale is seeking a Platform Engineering specialist in San Francisco to design and build foundational data platforms and core cloud infrastructure. You will shape how engineers develop, test, and deploy across Scale, working with stakeholders to refine requirements and deliver robust features.

This role emphasizes ownership of backend systems, distributed architecture, and modern deployment practices using Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, and CI/CD tooling.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of backend engineering with distributed systems experience.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, ideally AWS.
• Experience with containerization and modern deployment tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement foundational platforms and systems.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to define features.
• Improve engineering practices and tooling across teams.
• Present technical concepts clearly to stakeholders.

Skills

Distributed systems

Back-end development

Public cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

CI/CD tooling

Ownership & accountability

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

Postgres

MongoDB

CircleCI

Job description

Scale is seeking a Platform Engineering specialist in San Francisco to design and build foundational data platforms and core cloud infrastructure. You will shape how engineers develop, test, and deploy across Scale, working with stakeholders to refine requirements and deliver robust features.

This role emphasizes ownership of backend systems, distributed architecture, and modern deployment practices using Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, and CI/CD tooling.