Software Engineer - Platform

• You have strong hands-on experience building backend services and working with production AWS infrastructure.
  
• You are comfortable owning cloud infrastructure end to end and independently investigating issues across IAM, ECS, networking, and logging.
  
• You have experience developing APIs in Python or Java and using Python to build backend services, internal tools, and automation.
  
• You use Infrastructure as Code to create, manage, and evolve reliable cloud environments.
  
• You understand CI/CD workflows and can troubleshoot GitLab pipelines, runners, and deployment failures.
  
• You have practical knowledge of authentication, cloud security, and networking, and can debug problems across these areas.
  
• You are comfortable supporting security and compliance audits by finding evidence and explaining AWS configurations to auditors.
  
• You have worked with Claude agents and understand the fundamentals of plugins, sub-agents, context management, and evaluations.
  
• You work collaboratively, take ownership of problems, and are interested in learning, growing, and leading by example.
  

Requirements

• Around 5 years of industry experience in software engineering, backend development, or platform engineering.
  
• Strong hands-on production experience with AWS, including IAM, ECS, networking, and logging, with the ability to independently troubleshoot issues.
  
• Experience managing infrastructure as code using AWS CDK (preferred) or CloudFormation.
  
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining backend APIs in Python or Java.
  
• Strong Python skills for backend services, internal tools, scripting, and automation.
  
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting GitLab CI/CD pipelines and runners.
  
• Working knowledge of SSO, OAuth 2.0, and web application firewalls (WAF), including debugging authentication and security issues.
  
• Practical understanding of VPN protocols and configuration, VPC peering, firewalls, and cloud networking.
  
• Ability to answer technical auditor questions and provide AWS-based evidence during security or certification audits.
  
• Experience building Claude agents, with a basic understanding of the plugin model, sub-agents, context management, and evaluations (evals).
  
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to work independently and collaborate across engineering teams.
  
• A hands-off or 'not my job' attitude is an absolute no-go.
  

• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure and the backend services that support our product.
  
• Develop APIs, internal tools, and automation using Python, and contribute to Java-based services where applicable.
  
• Manage and improve cloud infrastructure using AWS CDK and CloudFormation.
  
• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot GitLab CI/CD pipelines and runners to support reliable software delivery.
  
• Investigate and resolve production issues involving IAM, ECS, VPC networking, logging, and application behavior.
  
• Implement, configure, and debug SSO, OAuth 2.0, WAF, VPNs, VPC peering, and firewall rules.
  
• Support compliance and certification audits by gathering AWS evidence and responding to auditors’ technical questions.
  
• Build and experiment with Claude agents, including plugin integration, sub-agent workflows, context management, and evals.
  
• Collaborate with software engineers and other stakeholders to improve platform reliability, security, and developer productivity.
  
• Maintain a strong focus on engineering ownership, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
  

• Experience supporting SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification audits.
  
• AWS certifications.