[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer, Platform @EasyLlama

Role Description

This is a Founding Platform Engineering role at EasyLlama. You’ll be the first dedicated platform engineer, responsible for building the technical foundation that powers our products and enables every engineering team to move faster. You’ll partner closely with the CTO and Sr Engineering Manager to define the vision, architecture, and roadmap for Platform Engineering.

Over time, you’ll help build and shape a dedicated Platform Engineering squad, establishing the team’s technical direction, standards, and culture. This is a unique opportunity to build both the platform and the organization from the ground up.

As our most senior individual contributor, you’ll remain deeply hands-on while owning the core systems that every engineer depends on, including:

• Billing and payments
• Enterprise integrations and APIs
• Kubernetes infrastructure and cloud architecture
• CI/CD and developer experience
• AI platform and LLM infrastructure
• Observability, monitoring, and reliability
• Platform security and scalability

If you enjoy solving difficult technical problems, building systems that scale, and enabling other engineers to be more productive, we’d love to talk.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Expert-level Ruby on Rails experience building production SaaS applications.
• Strong React experience and the ability to work across the full stack.
• Extensive experience designing distributed systems and service-oriented architectures.
• Deep experience with Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Strong experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines and modern developer tooling.
• Experience owning production infrastructure with high availability and reliability requirements.
• Experience designing and maintaining APIs and enterprise integrations.
• Strong understanding of SQL, database design, caching, background processing, and notification systems like email and SMS.
• Experience leading complex technical initiatives across multiple teams without direct people management.
• Excellent debugging, communication, and architectural design skills.
• A builder’s mindset with strong ownership and a passion for creating platforms that enable other engineers to move faster.

Requirements

• Experience building AI-native products or internal AI platforms.
• Experience with LLMs, AI agents, prompt engineering, RAG, vector databases, and evaluation frameworks.
• Experience with Stripe or other subscription billing platforms.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm charts, etc.).
• Experience with event-driven architectures and distributed messaging systems like RabbitMQ, SQS, or NATS.
• Experience working at a high-growth B2B SaaS company.
• Experience with SOC 2, cloud security, and compliance best practices.
• Open-source contributions or a track record of technical thought leadership.

Interview Process

The interview process takes about 3 weeks and may include cross-functional stakeholders.

• Stage 1 — Screen
  • Recruiter Screening - 15 minutes
  • Hiring Manager Screen - 30 minutes
• Stage 2 — “On-site” Loop
  • Part 1
    • Practical Coding — 60 minutes
    • System Design — 90 minutes
  • Part 2
    • Infrastructure & Operations Deep Dive — 45 minutes
    • Past Project Deep Dive & Technical Leadership — 45 minutes
  • Final Interview
    • CTO Meet & Greet — 30 minutes

Compensation & Benefits

• $163K - $185K + Bonus
• Competitive employer-sponsored health insurance
• 401(k) + company matching
• Professional development reimbursements
• Flexible, fully remote environment
• Quarterly remote work stipend