Senior Software Engineer, Platform

Luminai, Inc

$150K — $180K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven track record of shipping high-quality code in challenging projects.
  • Significant experience with distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
  • Strong backend development skills in Python or similar languages.
  • Knowledge of security best practices for cloud environments.
  • Exceptional problem-solving capabilities across technology stacks.

Responsibilities

  • Lead platform and backend projects from planning to implementation.
  • Build and maintain shared libraries, services, and internal APIs.
  • Enhance developer workflow, including CI/CD pipelines and test infrastructure.
  • Contribute to the core platform's strategic direction and improvements.
  • Maintain and extend infrastructure for compute, data, and deployment systems.
  • Champion engineering best practices through code review and testing.
  • Design and implement robust APIs and middleware systems.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with support for continuous learning.
  • Opportunity to influence core platform direction and engineering practices.
  • Engagement with cutting-edge projects in a growth-oriented company.
Full Job Description
About the role

As a Software Engineer working on Platform, you will design, build, and improve the core infrastructure and systems that Luminai runs on, ensuring the platform is reliable, scalable, and ready to support rapid growth.

What You'll Do
  • Lead platform and backend projects from planning through implementation
  • Build and maintain shared libraries, services, and internal APIs that product engineers rely on
  • Improve the developer workflow: build times, CI/CD pipelines, test infrastructure, and local development setup
  • Contribute to core platform direction, using system improvements to support higher scale and reliability
  • Maintain and extend Luminai infrastructure across compute, data, and deployment systems
  • Champion good engineering practice through code review, testing, and maintainability
  • Design and implement robust APIs, authentication, and middleware that hold up under load
  • Harden production systems with sensible defaults around access control and secrets management

What We're Looking For
  • Proven track record of shipping high-quality code in challenging projects
  • Significant experience working with distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and backend services (Python and/or similar languages)
  • Working knowledge of security best practices for cloud infrastructure and production systems (access control, secrets management, secure networking)
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills and an ability to work across the stack

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