Staff Platform Engineer – AI-Driven SaaS Core (Remote)

Devconnectplatform; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 210,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Twice-yearly in-person offsites

Technology reimbursements

Job summary

Fieldguide is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to design and evolve the foundational app platform, APIs, and shared primitives used by all product surfaces and AI agents. This remote-first role partners with product, design, and AI to deliver scalable, reliable platform capabilities for enterprise customers.

You will lead cross-team initiatives, set platform standards, and mentor engineers while contributing hands-on work on AWS, Kubernetes, and distributed systems.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering with platform experience.
• Strong API design and data modeling skills.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and distributed systems.
• Proven ability to lead cross-team platform initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and evolution of Fieldguide's core platform services and APIs.
• Define architecture for product capabilities across SaaS and enterprise deployments.
• Mentor senior engineers and drive platform engineering standards.

Skills

10+ years software engineering

API design

Cloud platforms (AWS)

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Communication

Tools

Kubernetes

APIs

Job description

Fieldguide is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to design and evolve the foundational app platform, APIs, and shared primitives used by all product surfaces and AI agents. This remote-first role partners with product, design, and AI to deliver scalable, reliable platform capabilities for enterprise customers.

You will lead cross-team initiatives, set platform standards, and mentor engineers while contributing hands-on work on AWS, Kubernetes, and distributed systems.