Senior / Staff Platform Engineer

The role

Platform Engineers build, operate, and secure Radar's infrastructure, developer platform, and data systems. You will focus on the application layer and connect application and infrastructure development through automated tooling and workflows.

What you will do

• Work on core Radar technology using TypeScript, Rust, Python and Scala
• Scale application infrastructure and build foundational services like rate-limiting, authentication, and data storage
• Work with product, SRE, and data teams to enable self-serve capabilities
• Champion internal developer velocity through shared libraries and AI-assisted tools
• Collaborate with product engineering and SRE teams to build highly available systems
• Drive development by integrating safe AI-enabled development practices
• Enable test automation and coverage with QA
• Integrate security and compliance practices into the development lifecycle
• Talk to Radar customers and prospects to incorporate feedback

Required qualifications

• Good understanding of coding practices and system design
• Strongly familiar with infrastructure technologies
• Experience at a high growth startup
• Generalist engineer mindset not tied to any particular stack
• Interest in talking to customers or prospects

Nice to have

• Former technical co-founder
• Worked on a high throughput, high growth SaaS application
• Worked on geospatial infrastructure

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful stock options
• 401(k) plan with 4% match
• New HQ in Flatiron, NYC
• Top-notch equipment
• Catered lunches
• Unlimited PTO
• Health, dental, and vision insurance with 100% coverage for employees
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Commuter and fitness benefits

Before you apply

• Technical recruiter call
• Technical Zoom calls including code screen, coding round, and system design round
• Final round interview at NYC HQ with co-founders and team

About the company

Radar is the global leader in geolocation, providing geofencing SDKs, maps APIs, and AI-enabled solutions. The company processes over 1 billion API calls per day.