Staff Platform Architect & Tech Leader

Nellis Auction; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Nellis Auction is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to set the technical direction for the platform while remaining hands-on—writing and reviewing infrastructure code and operating production systems. The role shapes how the engineering organization builds, deploys, and runs software, with potential to serve as Tech Lead without formal authority.

You will audit architecture, drive annual changes, set standards, and mentor senior engineers, owning security, cost, and capacity strategy.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of professional engineering experience with infrastructure or platform impact across teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Advanced study in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related discipline is a differentiator.

Responsibilities

• Audit and evolve platform architecture; lead annual architectural changes across teams.
• Write proposals for platform changes and align with product and engineering stakeholders.
• Set org-wide standards for infrastructure patterns, delivery practices, tooling, and technology choices.
• Partner with Buyer and Cargo engineering leadership to support their teams’ build plans.
• Define observability, reliability, and incident standards; tackle systemic bottlenecks and production failures.
• Plan and execute large migrations (databases, network re-architecture) without disrupting live auctions.
• Own the platform’s security, cost, and capacity strategy.
• Mentor senior engineers and influence direction without formal authority.

Skills

Autonomy

Technical Depth

Leadership Impact

Business Impact

Experience

Systems thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s or equivalent graduate-level work

Tools

Pulumi in TS

GCP

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Job description

Nellis Auction is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to set the technical direction for the platform while remaining hands-on—writing and reviewing infrastructure code and operating production systems. The role shapes how the engineering organization builds, deploys, and runs software, with potential to serve as Tech Lead without formal authority.

You will audit architecture, drive annual changes, set standards, and mentor senior engineers, owning security, cost, and capacity strategy.