Software Engineer – Tech Lead, Backend – Platform

Responsibilities

• Own the multi-quarter technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the Overseer platform.
• Lead the design and execution of company P0 initiatives end-to-end.
• Drive an architecture where every new product accelerates the correctness layer.
• Shape engineering standards and technical culture across the team.
• Partner with senior engineering and product leadership to align correctness requirements.
• Build next-generation AI-powered guardrails and real-time invariant enforcement capabilities.

• 8+ years of experience designing, building, and operating fault-tolerant, high-reliability distributed systems at scale.
• Demonstrated experience as a technical lead owning architecture decisions, multi-quarter roadmaps, and cross-team initiatives.
• Platform-builder mindset with a proven history of building infrastructure for other teams.
• Deep expertise in backend programming (e.g., Go, Python, Java).
• Track record of elevating technical quality through mentorship and architectural contributions.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly with human oversight.

• Go
• Python
• Java
• distributed systems
• fault-tolerant systems
• high-reliability systems
• architecture design
• technical strategy
• AI-powered solutions
• real-time invariant enforcement

• leadership
• mentorship
• collaboration
• communication
• strategic thinking
• problem-solving
• technical quality elevation
• cross-team initiatives
• engineering standards
• technical culture shaping

• multi-quarter roadmap
• platform-builder mindset
• correctness layer
• infrastructure
• P0 initiatives
• generative AI
• human oversight