Staff Platform Engineer

Beam Benefits

7d

About The Position

We’re looking for a Staff Platform Engineer to drive the evolution and maturation of our production platform and developer experience. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering and platform architecture, with a focus on building systems that help other engineers move faster, safer, and with less cognitive load.
This is a highly technical, hands-on role with significant ownership and responsibility. You will proactively shape the platform’s direction, recommend and implement forward-looking improvements, and champion industry best practices and robust procedures—ensuring the platform evolves strategically rather than reacting to immediate issues. AI will be a key component of the platform’s future, helping identify opportunities for automation, eliminate repetitive work, and enable engineers to move quickly and confidently.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of delivering high-quality, maintainable, and scalable software.
• Deep expertise in full-stack or backend systems, with strong proficiency in modern web applications such as Ruby and React/TypeScript.
• Proven experience designing scalable, high-performance architectures, internal platforms, or developer tooling.
• Experience with AWS core services and containerized workloads (ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, etc.) and cloud infrastructure best practices.
• Experience identifying and applying AI or automation opportunities across the platform to improve efficiency, reliability, and developer experience, while thoughtfully evaluating trade-offs and benefits.
• Excellent problem-solving and technical leadership skills, with the ability to make forward-looking architectural decisions.
• Strong communication skills, capable of leading technical discussions and aligning teams on platform strategy and decisions.
• Experience mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and platform-driven best practices.
• Familiarity with modern engineering practices, agile methodologies, and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Tactically apply agentic and generative AI to optimize platform development, operations, and growth
• Collaborate with application teams to identify pain points and bottlenecks in workflows and implement solutions that streamline the developer experience
• Design, implement, and maintain platform infrastructure that ensures high availability, predictable performance, and operational correctness, while balancing reliability, cost, and simplicity.
• Drive platform and infrastructure change hands-on, from architecture through implementation, setting the technical direction and standards.
• Provide mentorship and technical leadership to other platform engineers, helping raise overall operational maturity and shaping engineering culture.
• Lead design and architectural discussions for complex platform systems, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and alignment with business goals.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of platform processes and developer experience, fostering innovation and adoption of effective tooling.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed