Platform Engineer

Resend

. Build and improve the platform that powers Resend, providing reliable infrastructure and tooling for engineers .

Posted 10/9/2026full-timeRemoteSeniorLead💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in infrastructure engineering and platform reliability, with a strong focus on AWS cloud services, infrastructure as code, and observability tools. Capable of designing scalable systems and automating workflows to enhance operational efficiency.

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AWS Infrastructure ManagementInfrastructure As Code (AWS CDK, Terraform, Pulumi)Observability And Monitoring (Datadog, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)Distributed Systems UnderstandingNode.js, TypeScript, Go, Postgres Proficiency

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Hard Skills

Infrastructure EngineeringPlatform ReliabilityCloud Infrastructure DesignAutomation Of Operational WorkSelf-Service WorkflowsProduction Infrastructure ManagementHigh-Throughput Systems OperationDeveloper ToolingPublic APIsEmail Infrastructure

Soft Skills

OwnershipClear CommunicationIndependent Work

Tools & Technologies

AWSAWS CDKTerraformPulumiDatadogGrafanaOpenTelemetry

Industry Keywords

SREScalable Cloud InfrastructureObservabilityIncident ResponseService Development Standards

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsGrafanaJavaScriptNode.jsPostgresTerraformTypeScriptGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and improve the platform that powers Resend, providing reliable infrastructure and tooling for engineers
Design and operate scalable cloud infrastructure, primarily on AWS, focusing on reliability, performance, and security
Automate operational work and build self-service workflows
Establish platform standards and patterns for consistent service development, deployment, and operation
Improve reliability and observability across Resend
Participate in incident response and turn operational issues into lasting improvements
Partner with engineers across Resend to solve infrastructure and platform problems and build reusable solutions

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience across infrastructure engineering, platform, or SRE
Strong experience managing production infrastructure as code using AWS CDK, Terraform, or Pulumi
Understanding of distributed systems and cloud infrastructure, including queues, workers, databases, caching, networking, and load balancing
Solid working knowledge of AWS
Strong experience with observability and monitoring using Datadog, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry
Comfortable working across the stack, from load balancers and networking to delivery pipelines
Ability to work independently, take ownership, communicate trade-offs clearly, and know when to ask for help
Clear written and spoken English
Ability to consistently overlap with Americas working hours
Experience operating high-throughput systems at scale
Experience building internal platforms, developer tooling, or self-service infrastructure
Experience with developer tools, public APIs, or email infrastructure
Deep experience with Node.js, TypeScript, Go, and Postgres

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fully remote work with flexibility around shared working hours
Meaningful ownership and decision-making responsibility
Autonomy to propose improvements and move work forward
Collaborative, low-ego team environment
Team offsites, conferences, and meetups