Staff Software Engineer – Platform Team

• Dig into inherited Scala systems to find where the real problems are, separate symptoms from causes, and make them scale
• Redesign the data layer our ML and AI products depend on — this is an open, hard problem
• Build out a Rust framework that lets teams ship correct, performant services without reinventing fundamentals
• Improve observability and resilience across the platform so we find problems before our customers do
• Shape developer tooling and engineering standards — your work multiplies everyone else's effectiveness
• Drive AI tool adoption across the company, figuring out what actually helps engineers work better
• Work across the full stack: JVM (Java/Scala), Rust, Python, SQL, and Spark

Requirements

• Systems thinking. You see how pieces connect. When something breaks, you reason about the whole system, not just the component in front of you.
• Fearless code reading. You can drop into a large, unfamiliar codebase, build a mental model, and figure out what needs to change.
• Empathy for users. Whether it's a developer using your framework or an operator reading your error messages, you design for the people downstream.
• Testing discipline. You test thoroughly not because someone requires it, but because you've shipped enough software to know what happens when you don't.
• Comfort with ambiguity. Our hardest problems don't come with specifications. You're energized, not paralyzed, by that.
• Proficiency in JVM ecosystem (Java, Scala)
• Experience with Rust highly desired
• Python
• SQL and data processing (Spark or similar)
• Distributed systems design
• Observability and resilience engineering

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in JVM ecosystem (Java, Scala), Rust, and Python, with a strong focus on distributed systems design, observability, and resilience engineering. Capable of enhancing developer tooling and driving AI tool adoption while maintaining a user-centric approach.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• JVM Ecosystem Proficiency
• Rust Framework Development
• Distributed Systems Design
• Observability Engineering
• Testing Discipline

Hard Skills

• Java
• Scala
• Rust
• Python
• SQL
• Spark
• Data Processing
• Systems Thinking
• Code Reading
• Distributed Systems

Soft Skills

• Empathy for Users
• Comfort with Ambiguity

Industry Keywords

• Observability
• Resilience Engineering
• AI Tool Adoption
• Developer Tooling
• Engineering Standards