Senior Platform Engineer

Overview

We’re not just building restaurant tech—we’re giving independent restaurants the tools to compete and win. From our award-winning point-of-sale to AI-powered profit tools, everything we do helps operators boost profit, work smarter, and keep their best people. And every solution is backed by real humans who actually give a sh
* t about helping restaurants succeed.

• Named the #1 Restaurant POS by G2 (Fall 2025), based on ratings from real users
• Rated the top-rated point-of-sale (POS) for restaurants, bars, retail, and small businesses by Capterra users
• Awarded Great Places to Work and Built In’s Best Workplaces for multiple years running

We move fast, care hard, and fight for independent restaurant operators to do what they love, and love doing it. If you’re looking to make an impact with heart and hustle, Spot On is the place for you.

(Remote Friendly)

The Infrastructure Delivery team is seeking a skilled Senior Platform Engineer to help us build the foundational infrastructure platform for all our products. Our mission is to create exceptional developer experiences by building tooling that makes it easier for our engineers to write, test, and deploy code.

Our core responsibility is to support the deployment of hundreds of microservices by building intuitive and reliable CI/CD tooling that follows best practices. We also build and operate our Internal Developer Platform (built with Backstage) and several other tools used daily by our engineering team. We sit at the critical intersection of infrastructure and product development.

• You're energized by making other developers more productive: You take satisfaction in seeing your fellow engineers succeed through the tools you create.
• You want to work with both code and infrastructure: You’re ready to solve the problem at hand, whether it requires writing code on an IDE, running commands on a terminal window, or browsing a cloud dashboard.
• You enjoy a variety of challenges: You love having weeks where you need to be deep in programming, and others where you are troubleshooting failed deployments.
• You use AI in your daily work: You are fully embracing AI capabilities to assist with responsibilities like coding, document writing, and more.

• 5+ years of experience as a software or platform engineer
• Strong programming skills in an object-oriented language and experience building backend systems, APIs, or developer tools
• Experience developing and running applications with Docker or other container runtimes
• Availability to work during core team hours, 9 am to 12 pm EST
• Ability to participate in 12-hour on-call shifts as required

• Experience with cloud-native container runtimes technologies like Kubernetes
• Experience with Git Ops deployment technologies like Argo CD or Flux CD
• Experience with Cloud Infrastructure technologies like Terraform and AWS

• Design and develop tools and services that improve developer productivity and experience
• Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support seamless deployment processes
• Build and enhance our Internal Developer Platform to streamline development workflows
• Create automation solutions for repetitive development and deployment tasks
• Work with development teams to identify and address pain points in their workflows
• Implement systems that make infrastructure more accessible to product developers
• Apply software engineering best practices to infrastructure code and tooling
• Collaborate across teams to ensure developer tools integrate well with our technology stack
• Measure and optimize the effectiveness of developer tooling
• Stay current with emerging technologies and practices in developer experience and platform engineering
• Participate in on-call activities to support the stability of our products

At Spot On, you’ll be part of a team that values diversity, creativity, and a shared mission to help small businesses succeed. Join us to build technology that makes a difference, work with talented peers, and contribute to a culture where your ideas and impact matter.

• Our base pay range is $135,000 - $175,000 for this role
• Ple…