Software Engineer (Staff), Platform Engineering

Confidential; United States; Remote; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Performance bonuses

Health insurance reimbursement

401K plan

Job summary

Confidential is seeking a highly technical Staff Software Engineer to lead platform architecture, data pipelines, and AI-enabled workflows in a fully remote capacity. You will shape scalable backend services, implement event-driven designs, and mentor engineers across multiple squads.

You'll work on AI data infrastructure, workflow orchestration, and enterprise-grade tooling, prioritizing reliability, performance, and observability while leveraging modern DevOps practices and AI-assisted

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of designing and scaling complex production systems.
• Deep hands-on programming in Python, TypeScript, or similar languages, with strong backend fundamentals.
• Extensive experience with distributed systems, microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, and workflow orchestration.
• Strong system design and architecture skills, with trade-offs across scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Experience building data-intensive platforms, including data ingestion, processing pipelines, and analytics infrastructure.
• Practical experience with LLMs and agentic systems, including tool calling, orchestration, and evaluation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead Platform Architecture: design, develop, and scale platforms for operational workflows and data pipelines.
• Build Scalable Backend Systems: create distributed services, APIs, and event-driven architectures.
• Develop AI Data Infrastructure: support expert-generated data and AI datasets for training/evaluation.
• Drive Workflow Orchestration: architect pipeline creation, onboarding, and automated processes.
• Enable Data Intelligence: surface data, metrics, and insights across systems.
• Establish Agentic Engineering Foundations: design infrastructure for AI agents and tool integration.
• Stay Hands-On: write production-grade code and set engineering standards.
• Improve Engineering Productivity: leverage AI-assisted development, testing, CI/CD, and tooling.
• Provide Technical Leadership: mentor engineers and drive cross-team initiatives.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Distributed systems

Backend engineering

Cloud platforms

Asynchronous processing

LLMs and agents

Mentorship

Tools

LangGraph

Temporal

MCP

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Title: Software Engineer (Staff), Platform Engineering

Job Type: Full-time

Location: Remote

The Role

We’re looking for a highly technical, hands‑on Staff Software Engineer to lead the architecture, development, and scalability of platforms powering our operations, AI data workflows, and intelligence systems.

You’ll serve as a technical lead across critical engineering initiatives, building the infrastructure that supports complex data pipelines, expert onboarding, workflow orchestration, and the delivery of actionable insights.

This role requires deep engineering expertise, strong architectural judgment, and the ability to drive technical execution across multiple systems. You'll work closely with engineering teams to build reliable, high-performance platforms while incorporating AI agents, intelligent automation, and modern software engineering practices into how we design, build, and operate software.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead Platform Architecture: Drive the technical design, development, and scalability of platforms supporting operational workflows, data pipelines, expert lifecycle management, and intelligence delivery.
• Build Scalable Backend Systems: Design distributed services, APIs, event‑driven architectures, and integrations that support complex workflows, high-volume data processing, and cross‑platform communication.
• Develop AI Data Infrastructure: Build systems supporting expert‑generated data, enterprise AI datasets, human feedback, and multimodal data workflows used in AI model training and evaluation.
• Drive Workflow Orchestration: Architect solutions for pipeline creation, talent onboarding, subscription management, task execution, and automated operational processes.
• Enable Data Intelligence: Develop services that aggregate, process, and surface data, metrics, and insights from multiple systems into unified, actionable experiences.
• Establish Agentic Engineering Foundations: Design reusable infrastructure for AI agents, including tool calling, orchestration, context management, structured outputs, evaluation, observability, and reliable execution.
• Stay Hands‑On: Write production‑grade code, lead technical design reviews, troubleshoot complex issues, and establish engineering standards across critical systems.
• Improve Engineering Productivity: Leverage AI‑assisted development, automated testing, CI/CD, and developer tooling to accelerate delivery and improve software quality.
• Provide Technical Leadership: Mentor engineers, guide architectural decisions, reduce technical debt, and collaborate with Product, AI/ML, Data, and Operations to deliver scalable solutions.

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record of designing, building, and scaling complex production systems.
• Deep hands‑on programming expertise in Python, TypeScript, or similar modern languages, with strong backend engineering fundamentals.
• Extensive experience with distributed systems, microservices, APIs, event‑driven architectures, asynchronous processing, and workflow orchestration.
• Strong system design and architecture skills, including the ability to make technical trade‑offs across scalability, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Experience building data‑intensive platforms, including data ingestion, processing pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and analytics infrastructure.
• Practical experience with LLMs and agentic systems, including tool calling, agent orchestration, RAG, context management, and evaluation frameworks.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, containerization, Kubernetes, databases, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of engineering quality, including automated testing, observability, performance optimization, and production reliability.
• Proven technical leadership, with experience guiding engineers, driving cross‑team initiatives, and owning complex technical projects from design through production.
• High ownership and execution mindset, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, solve difficult technical problems, and deliver in fast‑paced environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in AI research labs, AI‑native companies, or high‑growth technology startups.
• Experience with human data infrastructure, including expert‑generated datasets, data annotation, human‑in‑the‑loop workflows, preference data, and model evaluation pipelines.
• Familiarity with foundation model training and evaluation workflows, including multimodal datasets, robotics data, and human demonstrations.
• Experience building enterprise AI data platforms, retrieval systems, or infrastructure supporting AI agents.
• Hands‑on experience with agentic frameworks and orchestration tools such as LangGraph, Temporal, MCP, or similar technologies.
• Experience designing real‑time analytics, operational intelligence, and data aggregation systems across multiple platforms.
• Familiarity with AI‑assisted development tools, agent‑driven engineering workflows, and modern developer productivity practices.

Compensation & Benefits Notice

The national pay range for this full‑time position is base salary of $250,000 –$300,000. All employees are eligible for equity compensation, and employees may also receive performance‑based bonuses, dependent on role and subject to company policies. our partner provides a comprehensive benefits package, including up to 100% reimbursement for health‑insurance premiums, paid time off, a 401(K) plan with a company match, and additional benefits designed to support a high‑performing, remote‑first workforce.

our partner is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, reach out to support@our partner.

Our hiring process utilizes artificial intelligence tools to assist in candidate screening and assessment. Our AI tools are designed to complement, not replace, human decision‑making.

This is a 100% remote contract role, open to applicants worldwide in the countries the employer accepts.