Playground
Staff Software Engineer
New York City. Posted 2 months ago
The role
You will build and maintain critical infrastructure to ensure the platform is scalable, secure, and high-performing. You will work on deployment efficiency, security, and developer tooling.
What you will do
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team to enhance deployment pipelines, security measures, and infrastructure scalability.
- Optimize Vite configurations to improve build times, reduce bundle sizes, and enhance the developer experience.
- Ensure robust separation between development, staging, and production environments.
- Implement and maintain a centralized queryable logging system.
- Improve and maintain real-time service uptime monitoring and alerts.
- Maintain and improve internal developer tools including CI/CD automation and workflow enhancements.
- Ensure compliance with security best practices across deployment and infrastructure processes.
- Write and maintain clear, accessible documentation for configurations, processes, and best practices.
Required qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, DevOps, or software engineering focused on frontend systems.
- Must be proficient in React
- Proficiency with modern deployment tools and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong experience with Vite, monorepos, and optimizing frontend build tools.
- Experience working with logging and monitoring solutions such as Sentry, Datadog, or Google Cloud Monitoring.
- Deep understanding of security best practices and infrastructure resilience.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 3 weeks of PTO
- Health, vision, and dental benefits
- $1200/year education stipend
- Free lunch daily
- New MacBook
- Collaborative and supportive work culture with a high level of autonomy and room for growth
Before you apply
- Please ensure you are open to a fully in-person role before applying.
About the company
Playground has built software to manage all aspects of running a child care business. The company is working with thousands of schools across the country.