Senior/Staff Platform Software Engineer

Position Overview

• Location Type: Not specified
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Salary: $170K - $250K

A Platform Engineer at Privy will help define how services are built, deployed, and scaled to power tens of millions of users. The role focuses on building the right abstractions, APIs, and developer tools for seamless and scalable code delivery.

Requirements

• Experience building and maintaining a production system at scale.
• Understanding of modern API development best practices and design.
• Experience in building data models, managing database migrations and best practices, and infrastructure configuration.
• Experience writing delightful developer documentation.
• Comfortable writing APIs and logic as well as infrastructure-as-code.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve core backend services and API platforms.
• Design and maintain the systems that underpin engineering velocity (deployment pipelines, CI/CD, and internal developer tools).
• Lead efforts in observability, performance tuning, and reliability across the stack.
• Shape the approach to scaling and securing multi-tenant architecture.
• Advocate for strategic technical investments, balancing near-term shipping speed with long-term sustainability.
• Design and implement product features end-to-end, driven by user needs.

Bonus Points

• Experience with React, Typescript, Next.js, AWS/Terraform, Vercel
• Past experience working in authentication or security.
• Engineering at Privy.

Company Information

Privy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of background, identity, or status. We believe in open-source work and transparency with our teammates and users. We encourage each other to think big, run experiments and follow our curiosity so we can build better tooling that lets developers shine and empowers their users.