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Beautiful.ai · 8 hours ago

Staff Platform Engineer

United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$200K/yr - $250K/yr

7+ years exp

Beautiful.ai is changing the way the world presents with innovative tools for creating beautiful presentations. As a Staff Platform Engineer, you will lead the architecture and scaling of the platform's infrastructure while driving initiatives in automation, security, and observability, and mentoring senior engineers.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningPresentation SoftwareSaaSSoftware

Responsibilities

Take full ownership of the platform's cloud infrastructure, architecting and optimizing large-scale systems to ensure high availability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency across multiple cloud providers

Lead the design and implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) at scale, driving best practices and innovations in automation to improve infrastructure provisioning and management

Own the strategy for CI/CD pipelines, ensuring that they scale and adapt to our growing needs while optimizing for speed, reliability, and performance

Lead incident response efforts, define disaster recovery strategies, and ensure that the platform is resilient to failures by creating robust systems for uptime and reliability

Define and implement observability standards for logging, monitoring, and alerting, ensuring visibility into platform health and performance, and enabling rapid detection of issues

Contribute to security best practices in infrastructure and platform services, ensuring the system adheres to industry security standards

Mentor and lead engineering teams, guiding senior engineers, setting technical direction, and providing leadership on complex projects. Play a key role in developing the team’s technical capabilities

Work cross-functionally with leadership and other teams to define long-term technical roadmaps, contributing to business objectives by aligning platform engineering work with company strategy

Champion thought leadership in platform engineering by staying at the forefront of industry trends, evaluating emerging technologies, and sharing insights through internal talks, documentation, and community engagement

Qualification

Cloud InfrastructureInfrastructure as CodeCI/CD PipelinesIncident ManagementGCPSoftware EngineeringAnalytical SkillsCommunication SkillsLeadership

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience). A Master's degree is a plus

7+ years of hands-on experience in Software Engineering, with a backend or platform focus

Strong hands-on experience with GCP is preferred, but proficiency with any major cloud platform (e.g., AWS, Azure) is acceptable

Proven track record of driving complex technical initiatives from planning through execution to successful completion

Strong analytical skills with the ability to evaluate system performance, troubleshoot issues, and apply data-driven thinking to engineering decisions

Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

Ability to take on a role of a thought leader for the team and influence technical decisions throughout the organization

Demonstrated ability to partner with organizational leadership to help shape engineering strategy, influence resourcing decisions, and contribute to effective team design