Staff Platform Engineer - Remote, Lead Scalable Backend

Pura; Pleasant Grove (UT); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Pura is seeking a Staff Software Engineer (Platform Team) to act as a technical leader across multiple teams, guiding architectural decisions and mentoring engineers. You will help build and scale backend services used by millions, collaborating with stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable solutions.

This role values strong communication, pragmatic technical judgment, and hands-on leadership in a dynamic, fast‑growing environment. Open to remote/hybrid candidates.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in backend engineering with demonstrated technical leadership experience.
• Ability to make pragmatic decisions about technical direction based on business needs.
• Deep experience with cloud platforms and services (AWS), including architecture, deployment, and optimization.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker and Kubernetes).
• Deep expertise in databases (Postgres, Redis, DynamoDB).
• Experience with observability, monitoring, and performance optimization at scale.
• Ability to communicate complex technical details to stakeholders with varying backgrounds.
• Strong mentorship skills to elevate the engineering team.
• Experience with CI/CD practices and infrastructure as code (GitHub, Terraform).

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction across multiple teams and drive architectural decisions.
• Mentor and coach engineers to raise the bar on software quality and delivery.
• Build reliable backend services used by millions of customers.
• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to deliver robust solutions.

Skills

Backend engineering

Technical leadership

Cloud platforms (AWS)

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Redis

DynamoDB

Observability

CI/CD

Terraform

GitHub

IaC

Mentorship

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub

Terraform

PostgreSQL

Redis

DynamoDB

Job description

Pura is seeking a Staff Software Engineer (Platform Team) to act as a technical leader across multiple teams, guiding architectural decisions and mentoring engineers. You will help build and scale backend services used by millions, collaborating with stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable solutions.

This role values strong communication, pragmatic technical judgment, and hands-on leadership in a dynamic, fast‑growing environment. Open to remote/hybrid candidates.