Technical Lead (Platform)

Juniper Square; California; Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Juniper Square is seeking a Technical Lead for its platform team in California. The role focuses on identity and access management, API infrastructure, and tools to improve the developer experience across the software lifecycle.

You will drive architecture, codify best practices, and guide multiple projects in a fast-paced startup environment while ensuring scalable, reliable backend services.

Qualifications

• 7+ years designing, building, and supporting large-scale production systems.
• Proficient in Python with FastAPI, Flask, Pyramid, and Django.
• Experience with SQL database schema design and query optimization.
• Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with CI and infrastructure as code.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently while collaborating within a team.
• Passion for improving developer experience through tooling, automation, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Turn product and technical vision into code with engineers, designers, and PMs.
• Advocate for and implement modern architectural patterns.
• Extend existing functionality to handle rapid scale growth.
• Monitor and optimize database queries for performance.
• Create internal tools to support engineers and other departments.
• Produce high-quality, tested code and perform code reviews.
• Provide guidance and documentation to product teams using the platform.
• Use observability tools to measure frontend performance and reliability.
• Collaborate with product engineers to align on platform improvements.

Skills

Large-scale systems design

Python

Independent work

Team collaboration

Developer experience tooling

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

FastAPI

Flask

Pyramid

Django

CI/CD

Job description

We're looking for a Technical Lead to join our platform team. The Platform team builds and maintains foundational services like identity and access management, authorization, search, and API infrastructure, while also developing tools, frameworks, and enhancements to improve the developer experience across the entire software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Work with engineers, designers, and product managers to turn our product and technical vision into code.
• Advocate for and implement modern architectural patterns.
• Extend existing functionality to handle our rapidly increasing scale.
• Monitor and optimize database queries to increase performance.
• Create internal tools to support other engineers and other departments to make their jobs more efficient.
• Produce high-quality, thoroughly tested code and perform code reviews for colleagues.
• Provide guidance, documentation, and support to product teams using the platform.
• Use observability tools to measure and enhance frontend application performance and reliability.
• Work closely with product engineers to align on platform improvements.

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale systems in production.
• Expertise in Python and frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, Pyramid, and Django.
• Experience with SQL database schema design and query optimizations.
• Experience with cloud technologies, e. g., AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with continuous integration and infrastructure as code.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a team.
• Passion for improving developer experience through better tooling, automation, and documentation.
• You are flexible and adaptable; you will be juggling multiple projects in a fast-paced startup environment.

Nice to Have:

• Experience working on a platform team/building tools for other developers.
• Experience building products or tools using GenAI/LLMs.
• Experience with authentication and authorization.
• Experience decomposing a large monolith into microservices.