# Backend Platform Engineer

**Company:** [Usul](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/usul)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $180k – $240k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Python, DevOps, Bash, Linux, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, GCP, LLMs, TypeScript
**Posted:** 2026-07-20

> Backend Platform Engineer building core infrastructure for government technology acquisition at speed. Requires 2-8 YOE in backend infra with Python, Kubernetes, Terraform, cloud platforms.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build the core platform infrastructure that world governments will use daily to acquire any technology at the speed of relevance.

## Requirements
- 2-8 YOE backend infra experience
- Experience with several of the following: Python, DevOps, Bash, Linux, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS/GCP, and agentic/LLM tooling.
- Passion for solving mission-critical national security problems.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Typescript

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