Software Engineer – Partner Platform

Baseten

. Lead strategic partner integrations from technical discovery and architecture through implementation, launch, and production operation .

Posted 10/22/2026full-timeUnited StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $165,000 - $330,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading technical partner integrations and designing large-scale distributed systems, with a strong focus on API design, system architecture, and production code ownership. Proven ability to collaborate across teams and translate ecosystem opportunities into actionable platform investments.

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Large-Scale Distributed SystemsAPI DesignTechnical Delivery ManagementCloud InfrastructureProduction Code Ownership

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Hard Skills

API DesignDistributed SystemsProduction Code DevelopmentSystem ArchitectureFailure HandlingService-Level ObjectivesDebugging Across Service BoundariesTechnical Scope DefinitionIntegration ReliabilityObservability

Soft Skills

CollaborationJudgmentCommunicationProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

Cloud ProvidersDeveloper PlatformsMarketplace InfrastructureModel ServingAI Infrastructure

Industry Keywords

Partner IntegrationsEcosystem OpportunitiesTechnical DiscoveryProduction OperationAmbiguous Engineering Projects

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead strategic partner integrations from technical discovery and architecture through implementation, launch, and production operation
Work directly with partner engineering teams to design APIs, define system boundaries, resolve cross-company dependencies, and make architectural decisions
Write substantial production code and own the systems built
Build reusable partner-platform primitives across identity, provisioning, inference, model serving, metering, billing, and other platform capabilities
Own technical delivery across Baseten and partner teams, including milestones, dependencies, risks, and architectural tradeoffs
Collaborate with Partnerships and Product to translate ecosystem opportunities into platform investments
Improve integration reliability through API contracts, testing, observability, safe rollouts, and failure handling
Integrate search or developer-tools providers, hyperscalers, cloud marketplaces, developer platforms, and model labs into Baseten's AI inference platform
Create reusable platform capabilities for increasingly sophisticated partnerships

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience designing, shipping, and operating large-scale distributed systems in production
Record of leading ambiguous engineering projects across teams while contributing substantial production code
Sound judgment about API design, service boundaries, and failure handling
Experience building systems that uphold API contracts and meet measurable service-level objectives
Experience turning requests from customers, partners, or engineering teams into defined technical scope
Ability to explain constraints, propose alternatives, and document decisions
Comfort working across application code and cloud infrastructure
Experience debugging behavior across service boundaries
Nice to have: Product integrations with cloud providers, developer platforms, or infrastructure companies
Nice to have: Usage metering, marketplace infrastructure, or multi-party commerce systems
Nice to have: Model serving or AI infrastructure used in production

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity
(U.S. only) 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break
Paid parental leave
Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot
(U.S. only) Company-facilitated 401(k)
Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities