Senior Platform Engineer: AI-Powered Web & Cloud

Typeface; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 188,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Typeface is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Platform, to own end-to-end feature development and collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, design, marketing, and data science. You will shape scalable features for our web applications and cloud services that bring generative AI capabilities to customers.

The role emphasizes delivering high-quality, readable code, prototyping new solutions, and driving best practices across the stack in a hybrid Palo Alto setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field.
• 7+ years of backend development experience.
• Demonstrated experience with AI tools or Claude Code.
• Experience with major cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Strong experience with database systems (relational or noSQL) and pub/sub systems (Kafka/AWS SNS/Azure EventHub).
• Experience developing bulk ingestion pipelines.
• Experience building data analytics services.
• Experience working at a high-growth startup or tech company.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery of key product and technology initiatives across design, specification, development, testing and launch.
• Delivery high-quality software that can be easily read and leveraged by others
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, marketing and other engineers.
• Investigate, prototype, and deliver innovative solutions throughout the stack
• Define and drive adoption of best practices for building modern web applications and cloud services.

Skills

Backend development

AI tools experience

Cloud platforms

Database and Pub/Sub

Ingestion pipelines

Data analytics services

Startup/tech experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Job description

Typeface is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Platform, to own end-to-end feature development and collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, design, marketing, and data science. You will shape scalable features for our web applications and cloud services that bring generative AI capabilities to customers.

The role emphasizes delivering high-quality, readable code, prototyping new solutions, and driving best practices across the stack in a hybrid Palo Alto setting.