Software Engineer: Platform

Rogo

$130K — $160K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of hands-on experience with production-grade Kubernetes scaling.
  • In-depth knowledge of distributed systems and their trade-offs.
  • Experience in either a large tech company transitioning to a startup, or a startup that successfully scaled infrastructure.
  • Strong systems mindset and the ability to navigate ambiguity effectively.
  • Passion for ownership and a desire to make impactful contributions across the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Design scalable Kubernetes solutions for secure enterprise workloads.
  • Establish SLOs, plan capacity, and enhance system resilience.
  • Identify and resolve architectural risks and system misconfigurations.
  • Construct systems that accommodate a tenfold increase in customer growth.
  • Continuously improve internal platform systems and developer tooling.
  • Enhance operational workflows and observability for reliability.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to remove blockers and expedite delivery.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to define and lead technical direction for a rapidly scaling platform.
  • Engage in a hands-on role with significant impact on architecture and reliability.
  • Work within a high-intensity, fast-paced startup culture.
  • Collaborate directly with product engineers and leadership teams.
  • Access to educational and developmental resources in cutting-edge technologies.
Full Job Description
The Role

We're looking for a Platform Engineer to define and lead the technical direction of our platform as we scale 10x+ in enterprise customers.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role responsible for architecture, reliability, and developer experience across our Kubernetes-based infrastructure. You will solve hard technical problems, raise the engineering bar through your work, and be a key technical partner to product engineers across the company.

What You Will Own
Platform Reliability & Scalability
  • Design and implement scalable solutions within our Kubernetes-based platform for secure enterprise workloads.
  • Define and contribute to reliability initiatives: SLOs, capacity planning, and resilience improvements.
  • Identify and resolve system misconfigurations and architectural risks.
  • Build systems that support 10x customer growth with clear failure modes and mitigation strategies.
Infrastructure as a Product
  • Own and continuously improve internal platform systems: deployments, environments, and developer tooling.
  • Drive improvements to reliability, observability, and operational workflows.
  • Act as a force multiplier for product engineers by building guardrails (not gates) and self-serve tooling.
Systems Thinking
  • Bring structure and rigor to complex infrastructure problems.
  • Contribute to internal engineering standards and design principles.
  • Work cross-functionally with engineering, product, and leadership to unblock and accelerate delivery.
What You Will Need
  • Extensive, production-grade Kubernetes scaling experience (not just operating clusters, but growing them significantly from early-stage to production-critical workloads).
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems tradeoffs.
  • Previously worked in:
    • Big tech 1 then startup
    • Or startup that successfully scaled infrastructure.
  • Strong systems mindset.
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguity.
  • Enjoys being a technical owner with broad company impact.

Bonus
  • Experience with single-tenant architectures.
  • Background in financial services or regulated environments.
  • Familiarity with banking-level security and data governance.
Who You Are
  • You thrive in fast-paced environments. You are high-intensity and care a lot about what you do, and you're ecstatic to work at a startup.
  • You are ambitious. You have fun solving problems that others think are impossible.
  • You are curious. You find joy in learning about AI, technology, and finance.
  • You are an owner. You are autonomous, self-directed, and comfortable working with ambiguity.
  • You are collaborative, organized, thoughtful, and kind.

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