{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"7c0c6821ab809c1927a1c13f","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/7c0c6821ab809c1927a1c13f","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/7c0c6821ab809c1927a1c13f","title":"🛠️ Staff Platform Engineer (Full-Stack)","description":"Partiful's mission is to cultivate friendships through social events.We believe events are the most effective way to meet new people and make friends. Our product helps you throw incredible events, starting with memorable party pages that make it easy to plan & communicate with guests — download the app to see how it works!We're building new ways to streamline planning, connect meaningfully in the real world, and make connections between friends-of-friends. Our ultimate vision is to power everything you do in-person with your friends, eliminating the friction of bringing your most memorable experiences to life. You can read more about our mission in The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Wirecutter, and USA Today. Partiful was named Google’s Best App of 2024, a Finalist for Apple’s App Store Awards, and Apple’s App of the Day (awarded 4x). In 2025, we were named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies, one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, and named to Inc. Magazine's Best in Business List.Our company is backed by top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures, and advised by the founders of some of the most successful consumer social products ever made.The RoleWe’re looking for a Staff Platform Engineer to lead and scale the systems that power our product and engineering team. You’ll be the architect and driving force behind the reliability, scalability, and velocity of our platform — designing the infrastructure that powers products used by millions of users, and defining how our company builds and ships software at scale.This is a high-impact, high-ownership role in an environment where we move quickly, set ambitious goals, and hold a high bar for speed and technical excellence. You’ll drive long-term architectural decisions, lead high-leverage initiatives across teams, and set the technical standards for how we operate as we scale rapidly. You’ll also play a key role in enabling engineers across the company to move faster while maintaining reliability and code quality.Our stack is React (web app), React Native (mobile app), Node.js, and Typescript, running on GCP with a serverless architecture (Firestore, Redis, Cloud Run).What You’ll DoArchitect and evolve our cloud infrastructure across GCP’s serverless ecosystem (Cloud Run, Firestore, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, etc.) to support rapid growth in users and product use casesDesign fault-tolerant, high-throughput systems and ensure observability and performance are first-class citizensLead cross-functional initiatives that improve developer velocity, system performance, and scalabilityDevelop and oversee the CI/CD, release, and testing infrastructure that supports dozens of deployments per day and weekly app releases with confidenceOwn company-wide reliability and performance metrics (uptime, latency, cost efficiency)Partner with leadership to align infrastructure investments with company and product strategyDrive organization-wide enablement through AI — establishing tooling, workflows, and best practices that make engineers across the company dramatically faster and more effectiveMentor and coach engineers at all levels — raising the technical bar across the organizationChampion a culture of speed, reliability, and operational excellenceWhat you’ll bring7–12+ years of infrastructure or backend engineering experience with a track record of driving high-impact, technically complex initiativesDeep expertise in cloud architecture systems, with a strong command of system design, distributed systems, reliability engineering, and observability best practicesDemonstrated success scaling systems from millions to tens of millions of usersMastery in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, developer environments, and operational toolingStrong coding ability in Node.js/TypeScript and deep comfort debugging complex production systemsHistory of accelerating engineering velocity through thoughtful infrastructure design and automationFluency with AI tools and development workflows — you actively use AI to move faster and enable others to do the sameDeep sense of ownership, urgency, and accountability — you thrive in a fast, high-intensity environmentExcellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence cross-team architecture and technical cultureWhat we offer401(k) with up to 6% matchingComprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and all your dependents (FSAs and HSA plans available)Free OneMedical membership, telehealth, and virtual mental health servicesCommuter benefits & contributions towards ClassPass and Citibike membershipsTake what you need paid time off14 paid holidays throughout the calendar yearQuarterly stipend to plan your own party and dogfood the productSemiannual team off-sitesGet invited to exclusive parties 🎉In your application, please include a note on what excites you about Partiful!The anticipated annual salary for this position is $200k-$250k, plus a generous equity package. 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