Senior Platform Engineer
Linktree
Software Engineering
Los Angeles, CA, USA · San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted on Nov 24, 2024
Senior Platform Engineer
Los Angeles, CA • San Francisco, CA
Platform Engineering
In office
Full-time
The Role
As Linktree has become a global brand our service and infrastructure footprint has grown significantly. We are looking for experienced Platform Engineers to help us:
- Maintain the shared infrastructure ecosystem used by all engineering teams at Linktree
- Develop an internal platform dedicated to making our engineering teams more effective
As a member of the Developer Platform Team you’ll be working alongside other platform engineers passionate about technology, with the opportunity to engage and support engineers across the business.
To succeed in this role, you’ll need to be comfortable with cloud-infrastructure, software-development, and engaging directly with technical-stakeholders to understand their needs.
What You’ll Own
- Develop our shared infrastructure ecosystem (edge services, CI/CD agents, cloud account management etc)
- Build re-usable infrastructure and service patterns for our engineering teams
- Ensure the reliability of critical infrastructure underpinning Linktree
- Collaborate with engineers across Linktree to understand and resolve technical challenges slowing them down
Who We’re Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information and Technology or equivalent and 5+ years of relevant industry experience
- Prior experience with designing, building and maintaining cloud-infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code
- Prior experience with backend or frontend software development (We use Typescript primarily but experience with any equivalent language is fine)
- Prior experience with large-scale system and infrastructure design
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and a passionate for helping other teams
Preferred Experience, Not Required
- AWS Certified (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified SysOps Administrators)
- Prior experience building platform tooling, or component libraries/systems
Linktree is committed to providing a competitive compensation package. Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $190,000-$205,000 in the San Francisco Bay or Los Angeles area. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate expertise, the scope of role and level, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
P.S. If you don’t tick every box in this ad, please don’t rule yourself out. We take pride in inclusion and hiring incredible human beings with great potential over ticking boxes – so if this role resonates with you, hit that apply button!
Where and How We Work
We are a global and diverse group offering a truly flexible and family friendly work environment. Kids, pets, and the occasional delivery person are all actively encouraged to appear on our Zoom screens. All of us at Linktree work either fully remote or a flex hybrid approach.
We offer autonomy and flexibility in how you structure your days and weeks. There will be the need for some collaboration outside of your usual 9-5 being a global company, but we aim to work asynchronously where possible.
How we’ll help you thrive
Our approach to benefits considers the whole person and the unique contributions they bring to Linktree. We want the experience at Linktree to be one that enables people to truly thrive so we can Go Further Together. Some ways we support you:
- An annual wellbeing allowance to use on things like (but not limited to) fitness memberships, development courses, childcare, travel, charitable donations, pet insurance, home office set up - the choice is yours!
- 100% coverage (and 80% for your dependents) of your monthly premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for US-based employees.
- Employer contribution towards your retirement.
- Generous time off for vacation, holidays, parental leave, volunteer time and other categories.
- Employee Stock Option Program - we want each and every employee to share in the company’s success as we go further together.
To learn more about our benefits, including our parental leave program, volunteering leave, DE&I initiatives, and more, click here!
Our Story
We're on a mission to empower anyone to curate, grow and monetize their digital universe. We created the "link in bio" category and are trusted by some of the world's biggest brands and celebrities including TikTok, The UN Environmental Program, The White House, F1, Manchester United, Olivia Rodrigo and Selena Gomez. With over 50M+ users and 40,000 new accounts created everyday, Linktree is the fastest growing leader in our category. Linktree has partnered with some of today’s biggest names like Amazon, TikTok, Snap, YouTube, GoFundMe, Spotify, Google, Stripe, Reddit and more to help unify users’ digital spaces— and we’re just getting started. Join us in empowering everyone from businesses to creatives in building their online presence.
At Linktree, we celebrate and support everyone’s perspective and background, and we’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We aim to foster a diverse and inclusive environment where all team members have a sense of belonging, because we believe in going further together. Linktree welcomes all people regardless of sex, gender identity, race, ethnicity, disability, pregnancy, age, or other lived experience. If you require accommodations to fully participate in our opportunities, please don't hesitate to reach us at talent@linktr.ee – your needs are important to us.
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