WorkOS
Software Engineer - Platform & Productivity
$175K–$275K
United States & Canada · Remote · Full-time · Posted Jan 14, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of software development experience.
About the job
Build and operate shared backend platform systems and developer infrastructure that help WorkOS teams deliver reliable products faster, including systems adapted for agentic software development.
What you'll do
- Design and operate scalable shared backend services and developer-friendly platform interfaces.
- Own CI/CD, build, test, deployment, and release infrastructure, including safe, verifiable workflows for AI agents.
- Drive platform reliability and strategy through observability, incident response, capacity planning, and build-versus-buy decisions.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of software development experience, with a track record of owning high-impact technical projects.
- Experience building and operating distributed systems or platform services at scale.
- Experience building or operating CI/CD, build systems, test infrastructure, deployment platforms, or similar developer tooling.
- Strong operational instincts across observability, capacity planning, incident response, and reliability.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with AI coding agents, or strong interest in building agentic CI/CD systems and verification workflows.
- Familiarity with TypeScript, Node.js, React, Postgres, AWS, Terraform, and queueing or streaming systems such as SQS and Kinesis.
Pay
$175K – $275K USD base salary
Tools
TypeScript, Node.js, React, Postgres, AWS, Terraform, SQS, Kinesis
AI focus
Build agentic CI/CD systems, isolated and verifiable execution environments, and automated feedback loops that let agents diagnose failures, update changes, rerun validation, and move work safely through review and deployment.
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