Senior Platform Engineer

Rally UXR

. Own and scale critical backend systems, including data sync pipelines, search APIs, email/SMS delivery, and workflow automation .

Posted 11/12/2026full-timeRemote • New York • United StatesSenior💰 $190,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and operating complex backend systems, with a strong focus on distributed systems correctness, observability, and AI-native architectures. Proven ability to influence architectural decisions and collaborate effectively across teams to enhance system resilience and performance.

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Backend Systems DevelopmentDistributed Systems CorrectnessEvent-Driven ArchitectureAWS Managed ServicesObservability Metrics Design

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Hard Skills

Backend SystemsDistributed SystemsEvent-Driven ArchitectureWorkflow OrchestrationSearch InfrastructureAWS ECS/FargateAWS RDS/AuroraAWS MSKAWS DynamoDBTypeScript

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationCollaborative Mindset

Tools & Technologies

KafkaTemporalElasticsearchGraphQLPrisma ORM

Industry Keywords

AI-Native SystemsProduction Incident ResponseOn-Call Responsibilities

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSDistributed SystemsDynamoDBElasticSearchGraphQLJavaScriptKafkaNode.jsTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and scale critical backend systems, including data sync pipelines, search APIs, email/SMS delivery, and workflow automation
Drive platform-level projects involving rate limiting, tenant isolation, and scaling databases and indexing infrastructure
Participate in the shared platform on-call rotation
Lead post-incident reviews and improve system observability and resilience
Shape the backend foundation for Rally’s agentic research platform
Ensure core systems support AI agents running research workflows at scale
Influence architectural decisions and establish engineering standards across the backend stack
Report to the Head of Engineering
Collaborate with Data Integrity, Scheduling, Agents, product, design, and go-to-market teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years building and operating complex backend systems in production
Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset
Deep experience with distributed systems correctness, including consistency models, idempotency, CDC pipelines, and fail-closed design
Experience building or operating agentic or AI-native systems
Experience with event-driven architectures and streaming infrastructure such as Kafka
Experience with workflow orchestration such as Temporal
Experience with search infrastructure such as Elasticsearch at production scale
Deep experience with AWS managed services including ECS/Fargate, RDS/Aurora, MSK, and DynamoDB
Strong understanding of observability, including metrics, logs, traces, and SLI/SLO design
Comfort with on-call responsibilities and production incident response
Comfort working through AI coding tools such as Claude and Codex
Familiarity with GraphQL APIs and Prisma ORM is a plus
TypeScript/Node.js experience is a plus
Ability to work in the United States
Must be authorized to work in the US; visa sponsorship requirement is addressed in the application

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive pay and meaningful equity
Great medical, dental, and vision coverage
14 weeks of fully paid parental leave, for every parent
Unlimited PTO (and we actually want you to use it)
Home office and co-working stipends
Mental health and wellness support
401(k)
In-person team gatherings a few times a year
Remote-first work arrangement
Async by default
Professional development through hands-on work and AI tools