Founding Platform Engineer
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We’re building an AI platform that automates IT and internal support for modern companies.
Today, IT and HR teams spend enormous amounts of time manually resolving internal requests — everything from access permissions to device issues to internal tooling support. Our platform changes that model by allowing companies to configure systems, define policies, and train software agents to handle these workflows automatically.
The result: employees get instant resolution to their issues, and internal teams can scale operations without scaling headcount.
The product is already used by fast-growing technology companies and is rapidly expanding across organizations that want to modernize how internal operations run.
We’re a small, talent-dense team that values curiosity, ownership, and low ego. The company is intentionally flat, and the best ideas win regardless of title.
The Role
We’re hiring a Platform Engineer to help build the core infrastructure and systems that will enable us to support hundreds of medium and large-scale enterprises.
This is not a traditional “keep the lights on” infrastructure role. You’ll work directly with the CTO and engineering team to architect scalable, enterprise-grade systems and build the platform foundation that supports the company as it grows.
The problems we’re solving are unusually challenging: designing infrastructure that supports enterprise deployments, self-hosted environments, production reliability, and major increases in scale — all while improving developer velocity across the team.
You’ll help shape both the platform architecture and the engineering systems as the company scales.
What You’ll Work On
- Architect, plan, and execute a self-hostable SKU for enterprise customers
- Design infrastructure that can support significant increases in customer load
- Execute zero-downtime production migrations
- Optimize build times and improve deployment workflows
- Build blue-green production deployment systems
- Partner closely with the CTO to architect scalable enterprise-grade systems
- Lead devops and platform initiatives that accelerate the velocity of the whole team
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of full-time experience in platform or infrastructure-focused engineering roles
- Hands-on experience designing and building foundational infrastructure from zero to one
- Deep understanding of AWS and/or GCP and the tradeoffs across cloud architectures and offerings
- Experience working on high-scale, production-grade systems
- Strong experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Pulumi
- Comfort working with or near a stack that includes Typescript, Node, and React
- Strong focus on building reliable, high-quality systems
- Care deeply about developer experience and productivity
- Comfort working in ambiguous environments where systems and processes are still being defined
Why This Role Is Interesting
- Work directly with the CTO on foundational platform and infrastructure decisions
- Solve complex technical problems around self-hosting, scale, reliability, and deployment
- Help define the platform that powers enterprise support in the age of AI
- Join a small, high-talent team where your work has immediate impact
If you’re excited about building the infrastructure that powers modern internal operations software, we’d love to connect.
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