Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

The role

You will design, implement, and maintain build infrastructure for a large Typescript and NodeJS codebase. You will work on tools to accelerate the software development life cycle and improve developer productivity.

What you will do

• Design, implement and maintain the build infrastructure for a large Typescript and NodeJS codebase
• Collaborate with software developers and platform engineers to define and refine CI/CD processes
• Identify and address bottlenecks, performance issues, and automation opportunities in the development pipeline
• Develop and maintain scalable platform features
• Train and support engineers to better use the tools built

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working on the backend, integrations or CI/CD pipelines of a high-performing engineering team
• Experience building reusable components and libraries, with an understanding of scalable architecture
• Excellent communication skills, with a focus on documenting solutions and providing clear technical guidance
• A strong sense of ownership over critical problem areas
• A thorough understanding of Linux, Docker and CI tools like Github Actions or similar
• Experience in designing, implementing and documenting API services
• Experience managing stateful Kubernetes workloads, including operating, scaling, troubleshooting, and improving the reliability of production-grade services
• Comfortable designing and programming custom operators to automate platform workflows, extend infrastructure capabilities, and improve reliability across development and delivery systems
• Experience designing and building AI-powered platform capabilities that improve developer productivity, automate engineering workflows, or enhance CI/CD, observability, testing, and release processes
• A proactive, ownership-driven approach to troubleshooting and supporting critical technical areas
• Experience in making data-driven decisions

Nice to have

• Understanding of the NodeJS and Typescript ecosystems, and its automated build and testing tools
• Kubernetes, Python, Golang, Terraform and Azure Cloud knowledge

About the company

The Platform Engineering team at Mural builds tools and services that accelerate the software development life cycle of the software engineers at Mural.