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Staff Engineer - Platform, Engineering
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[Hiring] Staff Engineer - Platform, Engineering @Torch
Mar 26, 2025 - Torch is hiring a remote Staff Engineer - Platform, Engineering. đź’¸ Salary: $160,000 - $200,000 plus equity options. đź“ŤLocation: USA.
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Role Description
As a Staff Engineer, you will be a central player in driving the technical architecture, design, and implementation of our cloud platform & developer tooling, working to ensure that our teams of fully remote engineers and quality engineers (QEs) are happy and well supported with top notch infrastructure and tooling. This is a very hands-on role, requiring strong technical expertise and execution skills to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions.
- Architect and design scalable infrastructure solutions – and help other engineers be accountable for meeting platform patterns and guidelines.
- Build software tools to deliver a first class developer experience for all members of the engineering department.
- Hands-on development and implementation of Kubernetes-based cloud infrastructure using autoscaling tools and Infrastructure-as-Code.
- Mentoring of high-performing engineers – mentor, and provide technical direction to on and off shore engineers and QEs, furthering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Execution of key initiatives – own and drive high-priority infrastructure automation and developer tooling projects, balancing long-term goals with short-term delivery needs.
- Ensure high-quality code, system scalability and reliability – follow and enhance best practices in code quality, automated testing, and continuous integration, collaborating with other engineers to improve test coverage and efficiency.
- Optimize processes – Work with engineering leads to establish and refine engineering processes, including git workflow, CI/CD pipelines & operational playbooks to enhance productivity, ensure cost efficiency, and reduce bottlenecks.
- Support & troubleshooting – Collaborate with other teams to ensure system reliability, performance, and incident resolution, maintaining robust monitoring and enabling rapid response to production issues.
- Be a technical thought leader – be willing to dive deep into technical challenges, whether it’s reviewing complex code, debugging production issues, or optimizing system performance.
- Challenge the status-quo and share your expertise with the greater engineering department for a positive impact.
Qualifications
- 12+ years of software engineering experience with a degree in Computer Science or another STEM field.
- 5+ years of experience in a senior engineering role.
- 5+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience (AWS EKS preferred), including workload scaling, cluster management, and autoscaling solutions (Karpenter, HPA preferred).
- Experience with AWS Lambda, Istio (or similar service mesh technologies) or KEDA is a plus but not required.
- Mastery of infrastructure-as-code techniques - preferably Helm and AWS CDK.
- Proficiency with Git and modern CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions preferred).
- Strong understanding of distributed application design patterns and asynchronous application models for building scalable and resilient systems.
- Knowledge of scaling methodologies, ensuring high-quality, performant systems that are cost optimized.
- Strong security mindset, with an understanding of data protection regulations, authentication, authorization, and secure coding best practices.
Requirements
- Technical Interview with the Head of Platform Engineering (45 minutes)
- Show-and-tell session (90 minutes) to assess problem-solving skills, technical proficiency.
- Leadership/Cultural Fit Interview with the CTO (45 minutes).
Benefits
- Generous Benefits – 401K, health insurance (medical, life and disability insurance, 16 weeks paid parental leave, and your own Torch coach)
- Impactful Mission-Driven Work – Help empower a new generation of leaders to evolve as fast as the world around them
- A Team Who Walks The Walk – We understand coaching's transformative power firsthand and our internal practices are shaped by the same leadership principles we champion
- Remote-First Culture – Work from anywhere in the U.S., remote workstation stipend, unlimited FlexTime
- Competitive Compensation – Salary range of $160,000 - $200,000, plus equity options
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Software Development
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Salary
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$160,000 - $200,000 plus equity options
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Location
USA
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Job Type
full-time
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Mar 26, 2025
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