Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

Mural; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Mural is seeking a Platform Engineer to advance the performance and efficiency of our software development lifecycle. You will maintain and evolve systems while designing automation tools and optimized workflows to help developers build, test, and deploy rapidly and reliably.

You will collaborate with platform engineers and software teams to streamline CI/CD, tackle bottlenecks, and deliver scalable, observable platform capabilities that improve developer productivity and system reliability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend, integrations or CI/CD pipelines
• Experience building reusable components and libraries with scalable architecture
• Excellent communication skills and ability to document solutions
• Strong ownership over critical problem areas
• Understanding of Linux, Docker and CI tools (e.g., Github Actions)
• Experience designing, implementing and documenting API services
• Knowledge of NodeJS/Typescript ecosystem is a plus
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Python, Golang, Terraform and Azure Cloud is a plus
• Experience managing stateful Kubernetes workloads and reliability improvements
• Ability to design and program custom operators to automate platform workflows
• Experience designing AI-powered platform capabilities
• Data-driven decision making

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain the build infrastructure for a large Typescript and NodeJS codebase
• Collaborate with developers to refine CI/CD processes and best practices
• Identify bottlenecks and automate within the development pipeline to speed up delivery
• Develop and maintain scalable platform features ensuring reliability and scalability
• Support engineers across the org by training and assisting with tool usage

Skills

Backend experience

CI/CD pipelines

Integrations

Architecture & scalability

Documentation

Ownership

Linux

API design

NodeJS/Typescript ecosystem

AI-powered platform capabilities

Problem solving

Data-driven decisions

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Github Actions

Terraform

Azure Cloud

Python

Golang

NodeJS

Job description

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Platform Engineering team builds the tools and services that accelerate the software development life cycle of the software engineers at Mural.

We work on tools that provide a reliable development environment, on tools to easily test locally and remotely, on integrations with Github and Github Actions, and a few other pieces throughout the many stages in our build, test and release pipelines. Our work is essential to Mural’s success, as we maintain the backbone of the platform, enabling seamless user experiences and fostering innovation across the company.

YOUR MISSION

As a Platform Engineer, you will play a crucial role in driving the performance and efficiency of the software development life cycle across the organization. You will be responsible for understanding, maintaining, and evolving existing systems while designing and implementing advanced automation tools and optimized workflows. By enabling developers to build, test, and deploy software rapidly and reliably, your work will directly enhance development cycle performance, boosting productivity and quality across the entire development team. This makes your role essential to Mural’s ongoing success.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Design, implement and maintain the build infrastructure for a large Typescript and NodeJS codebase

• Collaborate with software developers and platform engineers to define and refine the Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery processes and its best practices.

• Identify and address bottlenecks, performance issues, and opportunities for automation within the development pipeline in order to speed up the whole development experience.

• Develop and maintain scalable platform features, ensuring the reliability, availability, and scalability of our software delivery processes.

• Care deeply about the problems and needs of our customers, which are all the engineers in the organization, and on training and supporting them to better use the tools we build to improve their quality of life

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• 5+ years of experience working on the backend, integrations or CI/CD pipelines of a high-performing engineering team

• Experience building reusable components and libraries, with an understanding of scalable architecture.

• Excellent communication skills, with a focus on documenting solutions and providing clear technical guidance

• A strong sense of ownership over critical problem areas

• A thorough understanding of Linux, Docker and CI tools like Github Actions or similar

• Experience in designing, implementing and documenting API services

• Understanding of the NodeJS and Typescript ecosystems, and its automated build and testing tools is a plus

• Kubernetes, Python, Golang, Terraform and Azure Cloud knowledge is another plus

• Experience managing stateful Kubernetes workloads, including operating, scaling, troubleshooting, and improving the reliability of production-grade services

• Comfortable designing and programming custom operators to automate platform workflows, extend infrastructure capabilities, and improve reliability across development and delivery systems

• Experience designing and building AI-powered platform capabilities that improve developer productivity, automate engineering workflows, or enhance CI/CD, observability, testing, and release processes

• A proactive, ownership-driven approach to troubleshooting and supporting critical technical areas

• Experience in making data-driven decisions

Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. .

Equal Opportunity

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.