Lob · 23 hours ago
Staff Platform Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$190K/yr - $215K/yrLob is transforming the way businesses use direct mail through technology. The Staff Platform Engineer will be crucial in shaping the technical strategy and velocity of the engineering organization, leading projects, and mentoring team members to enhance the platform's capabilities.
Courier ServiceDeveloper APIsHealth CareMarketingSaaSShippingSoftware
Responsibilities
Be a chief advisor to the future build of Lob’s platform and its capabilities
Be responsible for leading projects from design to implementation
Coordinate and facilitate the execution of strategic initiatives within the team as well as cross functionally
Coach and mentor other engineers on the team about best practices around platform architecture and general DevOps philosophy and implementation
Embed with other engineering teams to help adoption of new technologies, and contribute to solving complex problems spanning multiple domains
Work with engineering teams across the organization, improving tooling, process, internal developer experience, automation, and the entire engineering ecosystem
Qualification
Required
You are a veteran in the software and platform engineering space with deep experience around cloud services and site reliability
You are a master of telemetry and observability
Shipped large, complex, business-impacting software projects for which you were the primary/lead technical designer or architect
Experience with one or more of the following languages: Javascript, GoLang, Python; Bonus points if GoLang
Experience with integrating one or more of the following technologies into architectures and best practices with them: Nomad, Terraform, Consul, Datadog, SNS/SQS, Redis, Postgres, Aurora, Lambda, etc
Experience with at least one public cloud vendor (AWS preferred)
Grown others around you through coaching, mentoring, and leading and can give examples of how you've done it
You're Curious, Compassionate, Committed, and Passionate about your craft and can share that with others
Benefits
Remote working opportunities
Equity
Perks
Competitive benefits
Company
Lob
Lob provides direct mail and address verification APIs which allows businesses to send personalized mail to their customers.
Founded in 2013
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$82.26MKey Investors
Y Combinator Continuity FundPolaris PartnersY Combinator
2021-02-25Series C· $50M
2019-11-08Series C
2017-05-31Series B· $22.86M
Leadership Team
Harry Zhang
Co-Founder
David Pickel
CFO
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