Staff Platform Engineer

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 168,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Annual bonuses

Equity grants

Health plans

401K plan

Paid parental leave

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to lead the technical direction for scalable cloud operations and self-service tooling. You will partner with engineering teams to design, implement, and standardize platform services, driving reliability and efficiency across deployments.

The role emphasizes architecture leadership, collaboration across teams, and a long-term infrastructure strategy with a focus on production readiness and observability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software or infrastructure engineering.
• Proficiency in languages like Go, Python, or TypeScript.
• Experience with distributed systems and high availability design.
• Expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure) and IaC (Terraform).
• Experience with containers and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Proven track record of guiding technical direction and mentoring teams.
• Hands-on knowledge of observability practices.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for platform capabilities and develop long-term cloud and reliability plans.
• Lead architecture discussions and guide technical decisions throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Design and maintain platform services and automation tools across multiple programming languages.
• Build self-service systems to enable engineers to deploy and manage services independently.
• Create and enhance standard workflows for service development and delivery, including libraries and templates.
• Improve core infrastructure components that support cloud operations and application needs.
• Define and use SLOs and error budgets to manage production reliability.

Skills

8+ years experience

Go/Python/TS

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Terraform

Kubernetes

Mentoring

Observability

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

For our client, we are seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to join the team of a leader in the Finance & Insurance space.

This role will shape the technical direction of platform capabilities that support reliable, scalable cloud operations. You will partner closely with engineering teams to design self-service tooling, improve core infrastructure, and establish standards that make service delivery more efficient. The position will also play a key role in guiding architecture decisions, strengthening production reliability, and advancing long-term infrastructure strategy.

Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available

Compensation: $168,000 – $240,000 annually

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for platform capabilities and develop long-term cloud and reliability plans.
• Lead architecture discussions and guide technical decisions throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Design and maintain platform services and automation tools across multiple programming languages.
• Build self-service systems to enable engineers to deploy and manage services independently.
• Create and enhance standard workflows for service development and delivery, including libraries and templates.
• Improve core infrastructure components that support cloud operations and application needs.
• Define and use SLOs and error budgets to manage production reliability and operational decision-making.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software or infrastructure engineering, with significant experience in production systems.
• Strong proficiency in languages like Go, Python, or TypeScript, with a focus on maintainable services and tools.
• Operational experience with distributed systems, including performance improvement and high availability design.
• Expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure) and infrastructure as code (Terraform).
• Experience with container technologies and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
• Proven track record of establishing technical direction and mentoring engineering teams.
• Hands-on knowledge of observability tools and practices.

Benefits

• Competitive starting pay.
• Discretionary annual bonuses.
• Long-term incentives in the form of equity grants.
• Comprehensive health plans.
• 401K with company matching.
• Paid parental leave.
• Flexible time off policies.

Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.