Staff Software Engineer, Platform

Finch
San Francisco, CA
Job Description
We are looking for a senior engineer to join our Platform team and help drive architectural decisions, lead critical projects, and support the team. The ideal candidate will have 9+ years of backend/infrastructure engineering experience, with 3+ years in platform/SRE/DevOps roles. You will be responsible for stabilizing unreliable systems, mentoring other engineers, and communicating platform priorities to engineering leadership.

Requirements

  • 9+ years of backend/infrastructure engineering experience
  • 3+ years in platform/SRE/DevOps roles
  • Experience managing large backlogs and making prioritization trade-offs
  • Proven ability to stabilize unreliable systems (CI, infrastructure, observability)
  • Mentorship experience
  • Strong communication skills
  • Comfort with ambiguity and autonomy
  • Ability to balance tech debt paydown with new feature delivery

Benefits

  • Competitive equity with a 10-year exercise window
  • Full medical, dental, and vision coverage (100% for employees, 85% for dependents)
  • Unlimited PTO (with a 3-week minimum)
  • 401(k) plan
  • Regular team offsites and meetups
  • Hybrid work: 2+ days/week in our SF Office
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