Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Later is an AI-powered influencer marketing company that combines creator relationships, intelligence, and expert guidance to help brands run effective campaigns. Later is seeking a Staff Engineer to build scalable distributed platform services, improve cloud infrastructure and security, and provide technical leadership and mentorship across engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Design scalable, maintainable, and secure service architectures
- Identify opportunities for platform-wide improvements, new service development, and reduction of technical debt
- Contribute to long-term platform vision and help shape standards for engineering excellence
- Build backend services using C# in a Functional Programming paradigm or TypeScript for web and background worker applications
- Work with both SQL and NoSQL databases; PostgreSQL expertise preferred
- Design, containerize, and deploy services with Docker and Kubernetes
- Build and optimize cloud infrastructure using AWS or similar platforms
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and Infrastructure as Code
- Apply security best practices across applications and infrastructure (secure coding, vulnerability assessments, secrets management)
- Ensure reliability and scalability through test automation, performance profiling, and optimization
- Integrate and manage third-party APIs with robust monitoring and management practices
- Explore and implement AI/ML-driven features or integrations into applications
- Act as a technical mentor, multiplying team impact by elevating skills and practices of peers and junior engineers
- Collaborate with Product Managers, other Staff Engineers, and cross-functional teams to define requirements, scope projects, and deliver platform solutions
- Work closely with stakeholders to debug, troubleshoot, and resolve complex backend issues across the stack
- Contribute to engineering culture by modeling ownership, accountability, and a growth mindset
- Stay current on emerging technologies in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and secure software practices
- Share learnings and elevate engineering standards across teams
- Continuously improve system performance, scalability, and developer experience
- Identify and advocate for adoption of new technologies that create leverage for the business
Skills
- A strong appetite for learning and personal growth
- 7+ years of professional experience in software development, with a strong background in distributed systems, platform engineering, and driving architectural decisions
- Proficiency with typed, functional programming in Haskell, Scala, C#, or TypeScript
- Strong experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, with PostgreSQL expertise preferred
- Expertise in system architecture, designing secure, scalable, and maintainable platforms
- Broad experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS (or equivalent cloud)
- Strong knowledge of DevOps practices (Git, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code)
- Expertise in application and infrastructure security best practices
- Strong understanding of testing and automation practices
- Experience in performance optimization for reliability and scalability
- Proficiency in third-party API integration and management
- Experience (or strong interest) in AI/ML applications in production systems
- Demonstrated mentorship ability, helping elevate the technical impact of the team
- Proven experience working in ambiguous, complex problem spaces with strong problem-solving skills
- PostgreSQL expertise preferred
Benefits
- All permanent team members are eligible to participate in various benefits plans as part of their overall compensation package.
- Hybrid work arrangement.
- For select positions, fully remote work is available.
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