Staff Software Engineer – Platform

Sharp Performance

. Co-own the architecture and long-term health of the core Laravel platform, database, API, background jobs, and internal admin tooling .

Posted 11/9/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in platform engineering, focusing on backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD practices. Capable of leading architectural decisions, ensuring system reliability, and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

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Platform Engineering ExperienceRelational Database SkillsCloud Infrastructure ProficiencyProduction Incident Response ExperienceTechnical Direction Leadership

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Hard Skills

Backend Systems DevelopmentSchema DesignQuery TuningAsynchronous PatternsPHPLaravelMySQLPostgreSQLCI/CDObservability Tooling

Soft Skills

Clear Written CommunicationMentoringCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

AWSContainersSentryDatadogAI Coding Agents

Certifications & Qualifications

SOC 2HIPAA

Industry Keywords

Production ComplianceIncident ResponseMonolith ModernizationFeature FlagsData Isolation

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudJavaLaravelMySQLNode.jsPHPPostgresPythonRubyGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Co-own the architecture and long-term health of the core Laravel platform, database, API, background jobs, and internal admin tooling
Build platform foundations including stable APIs and contracts, CI/CD, environments, feature flags, observability, and on-call readiness
Lead scaling work across databases, queues, caching, and third-party integrations
Decide where to retain the monolith and where service, queue, or event boundaries are appropriate
Document architectural decisions and safely implement migrations
Make the platform agent-ready with bounded modules, fast CI, reliable test environments, and safe, auditable agent access to production evidence
Harden reliability and security through multi-tenant data isolation, access controls, audit trails, and incident response supporting SOC 2
Collaborate with C-Squad engineers through design and code reviews, mentoring, and unblocking
Partner with product and other squads on roadmap trade-offs between platform and feature work
Set technical direction, write production code, and improve how the squad designs, ships, and operates software

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years building and running production backend systems, with recent time at staff or lead level
Product mindset and ability to shape the roadmap with product and design
Deep platform engineering experience owning infrastructure, deployment pipeline, and runtime of a growing product
Track record of scaling a system through real growth
Strong relational database skills with MySQL or PostgreSQL, including schema design, query tuning, indexing, and migrations on live data
Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS, containers, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD
Experience with asynchronous and distributed patterns, including queues, workers, webhooks, idempotency, and retries
Ability to lead through influence and set technical direction
Daily, hands-on use of AI coding agents
Experience building agent tooling or harnesses, including skills, MCP servers, eval loops, or agent guardrails
Clear written communication and ability to explain technical trade-offs
PHP and Laravel experience is nice to have, including Horizon, Nova, and queues
Strong engineers from Go, Python, Ruby, Node, Java, or similar backgrounds may ramp quickly
Experience breaking up or modernizing a monolith without a big-bang rewrite
Observability tooling experience, such as Sentry or Datadog
Production incident response experience
SOC 2, HIPAA, or other production compliance experience
Experience integrating scheduling, calendar, SMS, or email providers at volume

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Flexible PTO
401(k) with company match
Access to the same performance coaches offered to clients
Remote-first, async-friendly work environment