Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Synthesia is an AI video platform for business that develops products for visual communication and enterprise skill development. The Developer Platform team is seeking a senior or staff-level Platform Engineer to build and operate internal developer platforms, CI/CD systems, AI-assisted tooling, and infrastructure that improve engineering velocity, quality, and developer experience.
Responsibilities
- You will work end-to-end owning the architectural decisions that govern how features are built, released safely to customers, and supported long-term. You'll mentor engineers and embed technical practice through code review and design partnership
- You will lead projects that span quarters, breaking down complex problems into milestones that can be validated iteratively. You'll operate with high autonomy: defining success criteria, calling trade-offs, and knowing when to escalate to leadership
- You will partner directly with leadership to shape the roadmap and technical strategy. You'll have the skills to push back on requirements, propose alternatives, and influence what we build and when
- You will own the operational health of systems you build and you'll use data to drive decisions about iteration, maintenance, and deprecation
- You will be accountable for the technical direction of your area. You'll anticipate 12+ month technical challenges, propose solutions that scale, and build the engineering capabilities that will let us execute ahead of the curve
Skills
- At least seven (7) years of experience as a software engineer, with at least 2-3 years working on senior/staff level
- Proven hands-on experience building and operating developer platforms, CI/CD systems, observability/metrics infrastructure, code quality automation, testing infrastructure and/or developer tooling
- You have previously shipped infrastructure or tooling that measurably improved developer velocity or reduced cognitive load
- Previous experience leading the adoption of new AI-powered developer tools or capabilities across an engineering organization
- You have operated in a high-performing engineering organization (scale-up or established) where you've seen how infrastructure choices directly impact team velocity and product quality. You understand what it means to build for other engineers
- Experience integrating third-party services (APIs, SaaS tools, external platforms) into internal systems, with attention to reliability, security, and user experience. You understand the operational constraints of running other people's code/services at scale
- Clear understanding that platform and infrastructure work directly enables commercial outcomes
- Previous experience owning large technical areas end-to-end
- Our preference is for this role to based either in-office or remote in the following locations: UK, Germany, Switzerland or Ireland
- We may also be able to support remote workers in other locations across Europe subject to compliance and right to work checks
- This is full-time employment only - no contractors possible - usually through OysterHR
- We only sponsor VISA if you are in the UK/EU country already and need support - we do not relocate people
Benefits
- Equity (RSUs).
- Everyone at Synthesia gets 25 days of leave + local holidays.
- Remote work in the UK, Germany, Switzerland or Ireland.
- Remote work in other locations across Europe may be supported, subject to compliance and right to work checks.
- Visa sponsorship is available if you are already in a UK/EU country and need support.
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