{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"994bcd32cd4e9de29edfcce2","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/994bcd32cd4e9de29edfcce2","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/994bcd32cd4e9de29edfcce2","title":"Senior Authorization Software Engineer (Platform)","description":"About Pallet\nPallet is building AI Agents to transform logistics — a $12 trillion global industry. We've raised $50M from top investors, including General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Bain Capital Ventures. In under two years, we've achieved 700% revenue growth and are just getting started.\nOur mission is to increase the efficiency of the global supply chain by automating the manual workflows that slow logistics teams down — from scheduling and appointment setting to data entry and load management. Our flagship platform provides end-to-end visibility, control, and optimization, while our newest product, CoPallet, introduces AI Agents that can understand and execute requests in real time, and integrate directly with customer systems.\nAs logistics providers look to generative AI to drive efficiency, many are turning to Pallet to lead the way. With deep industry expertise and cutting-edge AI capabilities, we're positioned to build the next $10B company in logistics.\nJoin us and work alongside leaders from Google, DoorDash, YC, and more to shape the future of logistics tech.\n$195,000 - $265,000\nFull-time / Onsite (5 days/week)\nAbout The Role\nPallet is building AI infrastructure for logistics: systems that coordinate real warehouses, freight networks, and supply chains. We're looking for a founding engineer to build the security and platform foundations of the company from the ground up.\nThis is a hands-on software engineering role. You will write production code, design infrastructure, and establish the systems that make Pallet secure, reliable, and scalable. The decisions you make today will become the defaults the company operates on for years.\nSecurity at Pallet is not a separate function or compliance layer. It is a design constraint embedded directly into the systems we build. We want someone who naturally asks:\nWhat happens when this fails?\nWho should have access to this?\nHow do we reduce the blast radius?\nCan we eliminate this problem entirely?\nAnd then builds the answer.\nYou'll work alongside engineers who trained production AI systems at Scale AI, built logistics infrastructure that powers millions of deliveries at DoorDash, and scaled financial tooling used by thousands of businesses at Rippling. Small team. High ownership. Large surface area.\nWhat You'll Do\nBuild and maintain the core platform services that power Pallet's AI systems and developer workflows\nDesign and implement authentication, authorization, secrets management, and access control systems\nBuild infrastructure that operates reliably across regions and environments with clear isolation boundaries and disaster recovery capabilities\nImprove observability, monitoring, and operational tooling so engineers can confidently understand and debug production systems\nDevelop internal platforms and abstractions that allow product engineers to move quickly without compromising security or reliability\nPartner with AI and product engineering teams to support model training, evaluation, and inference infrastructure\nIdentify systemic risks and eliminate entire categories of operational, security, and reliability problems\nOwn projects from architecture through production rollout\nWho You Are\n6+ years of software, backend, infrastructure, or platform engineering experience\nStrong software engineering fundamentals and a track record of shipping production systems\nExperience building security-sensitive systems, including authentication, authorization, secrets management, or infrastructure security\nStrong understanding of cloud infrastructure, containers, networking, and distributed systems\nExperience designing platforms, tooling, or abstractions that other engineers depend on\nComfortable moving from a blank document to a production deployment with minimal oversight\nHigh ownership and strong engineering judgment\nYou write code every day and want to continue doing so\nNice To Haves\nExperience at an early-stage startup where you helped define foundational technical decisions\nExperience building multi-region or highly available systems\nExperience supporting AI/ML infrastructure or model-serving platforms\nOur tech stack\nDatabase: PostgreSQL\nBackend: Node.js + TypeScript, Encore for server-side development and managed DevOps, hosted on GCP\nLLMs: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google (foundation models), Browserbase (browser automation)\nFrontend: React + TypeScript, hosted on Vercel\nCompensation\nThe estimated salary range for this role is $195,000 – $265,000, depending on experience and skill set. In addition to base salary, we offer competitive equity, benefits, and opportunities for growth. Final compensation will be determined based on a combination of factors, including experience, qualifications, and location.\nOur Benefits\nWe invest in our people the same way we invest in our product: seriously.\nHealth, Vision, and Dental benefits\n️ Take-what-you-need Paid Vacation\n➕ Life Insurance and Accidental Insurance\n❤️‍\nShort-Term Disability Coverage\nGenerous salary and equity for all staff\n401k option; helping you save for the future\n‍‍‍\nPaid parental leave to support growing families\nYearly learning and development stipend\nCommuter benefits for Bay Area employees\nUber ride stipend if you ever have to work late in the office\nRemote office home stipend to get you comfy in your space\nDaily catered lunches provided\n✈️ Onboarding trip to San Francisco HQ if you work remotely\nMonthly happy hours\nAnnual Company Offsites; our last one was in Palm Springs CA\nWorkplace Policy\nWe are an in-person company. Our offices in San Francisco, New York City and London are where ideas get built, decisions get made, and the team gets stronger. We have invested in making them genuinely great places to spend your day, with catered lunches, monthly happy hours, and people who care about the work and each other.\nMost of our team works in office five days a week. For select roles, we hire remotely across the U.S. Remote employees come to one of our offices for their first week to onboard and meet the team, and we cover the full trip.\nEvery role is different. Travel expectations are always shared upfront in the job description and confirmed in your first call with us.\nEqual Opportunity\nPallet is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We make all employment decisions based solely on merit. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, disability status, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic. We prohibit any form of discrimination or harassment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring.\nCandidate Privacy Notice\nPlease review Pallet's Candidate Privacy Notice here.\nAccommodations\nPallet complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local laws. We will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability during the application process and throughout employment as required by law.\nIf you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please contact us at recruiting@pallet.com.","company":"Pallet","rawCompany":"pallet","city":"New York","state":"NY","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-05T12:59:09.925Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1211.00","title":"Computer Systems Analysts","slug":"computer-systems-analysts"}],"industries":[{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior Authorization Software Engineer (Platform)","description":"About Pallet\nPallet is building AI Agents to transform logistics — a $12 trillion global industry. We've raised $50M from top investors, including General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Bain Capital Ventures. In under two years, we've achieved 700% revenue growth and are just getting started.\nOur mission is to increase the efficiency of the global supply chain by automating the manual workflows that slow logistics teams down — from scheduling and appointment setting to data entry and load management. Our flagship platform provides end-to-end visibility, control, and optimization, while our newest product, CoPallet, introduces AI Agents that can understand and execute requests in real time, and integrate directly with customer systems.\nAs logistics providers look to generative AI to drive efficiency, many are turning to Pallet to lead the way. With deep industry expertise and cutting-edge AI capabilities, we're positioned to build the next $10B company in logistics.\nJoin us and work alongside leaders from Google, DoorDash, YC, and more to shape the future of logistics tech.\n$195,000 - $265,000\nFull-time / Onsite (5 days/week)\nAbout The Role\nPallet is building AI infrastructure for logistics: systems that coordinate real warehouses, freight networks, and supply chains. We're looking for a founding engineer to build the security and platform foundations of the company from the ground up.\nThis is a hands-on software engineering role. You will write production code, design infrastructure, and establish the systems that make Pallet secure, reliable, and scalable. The decisions you make today will become the defaults the company operates on for years.\nSecurity at Pallet is not a separate function or compliance layer. It is a design constraint embedded directly into the systems we build. We want someone who naturally asks:\nWhat happens when this fails?\nWho should have access to this?\nHow do we reduce the blast radius?\nCan we eliminate this problem entirely?\nAnd then builds the answer.\nYou'll work alongside engineers who trained production AI systems at Scale AI, built logistics infrastructure that powers millions of deliveries at DoorDash, and scaled financial tooling used by thousands of businesses at Rippling. Small team. High ownership. Large surface area.\nWhat You'll Do\nBuild and maintain the core platform services that power Pallet's AI systems and developer workflows\nDesign and implement authentication, authorization, secrets management, and access control systems\nBuild infrastructure that operates reliably across regions and environments with clear isolation boundaries and disaster recovery capabilities\nImprove observability, monitoring, and operational tooling so engineers can confidently understand and debug production systems\nDevelop internal platforms and abstractions that allow product engineers to move quickly without compromising security or reliability\nPartner with AI and product engineering teams to support model training, evaluation, and inference infrastructure\nIdentify systemic risks and eliminate entire categories of operational, security, and reliability problems\nOwn projects from architecture through production rollout\nWho You Are\n6+ years of software, backend, infrastructure, or platform engineering experience\nStrong software engineering fundamentals and a track record of shipping production systems\nExperience building security-sensitive systems, including authentication, authorization, secrets management, or infrastructure security\nStrong understanding of cloud infrastructure, containers, networking, and distributed systems\nExperience designing platforms, tooling, or abstractions that other engineers depend on\nComfortable moving from a blank document to a production deployment with minimal oversight\nHigh ownership and strong engineering judgment\nYou write code every day and want to continue doing so\nNice To Haves\nExperience at an early-stage startup where you helped define foundational technical decisions\nExperience building multi-region or highly available systems\nExperience supporting AI/ML infrastructure or model-serving platforms\nOur tech stack\nDatabase: PostgreSQL\nBackend: Node.js + TypeScript, Encore for server-side development and managed DevOps, hosted on GCP\nLLMs: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google (foundation models), Browserbase (browser automation)\nFrontend: React + TypeScript, hosted on Vercel\nCompensation\nThe estimated salary range for this role is $195,000 – $265,000, depending on experience and skill set. In addition to base salary, we offer competitive equity, benefits, and opportunities for growth. Final compensation will be determined based on a combination of factors, including experience, qualifications, and location.\nOur Benefits\nWe invest in our people the same way we invest in our product: seriously.\nHealth, Vision, and Dental benefits\n️ Take-what-you-need Paid Vacation\n➕ Life Insurance and Accidental Insurance\n❤️‍\nShort-Term Disability Coverage\nGenerous salary and equity for all staff\n401k option; helping you save for the future\n‍‍‍\nPaid parental leave to support growing families\nYearly learning and development stipend\nCommuter benefits for Bay Area employees\nUber ride stipend if you ever have to work late in the office\nRemote office home stipend to get you comfy in your space\nDaily catered lunches provided\n✈️ Onboarding trip to San Francisco HQ if you work remotely\nMonthly happy hours\nAnnual Company Offsites; our last one was in Palm Springs CA\nWorkplace Policy\nWe are an in-person company. Our offices in San Francisco, New York City and London are where ideas get built, decisions get made, and the team gets stronger. We have invested in making them genuinely great places to spend your day, with catered lunches, monthly happy hours, and people who care about the work and each other.\nMost of our team works in office five days a week. For select roles, we hire remotely across the U.S. Remote employees come to one of our offices for their first week to onboard and meet the team, and we cover the full trip.\nEvery role is different. Travel expectations are always shared upfront in the job description and confirmed in your first call with us.\nEqual Opportunity\nPallet is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We make all employment decisions based solely on merit. 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We will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability during the application process and throughout employment as required by law.\nIf you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please contact us at recruiting@pallet.com.","datePosted":"2026-08-05T12:59:09.925Z","dateModified":"2026-08-05T12:59:09.925Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Pallet","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"New York","addressRegion":"NY","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"994bcd32cd4e9de29edfcce2"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/994bcd32cd4e9de29edfcce2"}}