Sydecar
Senior Platform Engineer
$190K–$255K
San Francisco Office - Hybrid · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- At least 5 years of software or platform engineering experience.
About the job
Build and operate shared platform systems, developer tooling, infrastructure, release automation, and security that help Sydecar’s engineering teams ship safely and efficiently.
What you'll do
- Build and improve CI/CD, build and deployment automation, and local and preview environments.
- Design and operate shared services and Terraform-based cloud infrastructure, improving reliability, observability, and cost efficiency.
- Advance release and test automation, strengthen security, and partner with and mentor engineering teams.
What they ask for
- At least 5 years of software or platform engineering experience in modern languages.
- Depth in at least one platform area, such as CI/CD, cloud infrastructure and reliability, release and test automation, or security.
- Track record of measurably improving developer velocity, system reliability, or release safety at scale.
- Demonstrated experience leveraging agentic / AI-assisted software development workflows.
Nice to have
- Fintech experience, internal developer platform or developer-experience tooling, or security experience.
- Terraform and GCP familiarity; exposure to NestJS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, and Playwright / React Testing Library; bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Pay
$190K – $255K USD base salary; Up to 10% annual bonus (amount not specified)
Tools
TypeScript, React, NestJS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, Jest, Playwright, Terraform
AI focus
Leverage agentic / AI-assisted software development workflows.
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