# Software Engineer - Platform

**Company:** [Assembled](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/assembled)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $135k – $280k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** AWS, Kubernetes, Karpenter, Postgres, Pgbouncer, Snowflake, Redis, Go, Python
**Posted:** 2026-05-05

> Build scalable infrastructure, integrations, and data platforms powering workforce management and AI agent products at enterprise scale. Requires 5+ years in backend/platform systems, with expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, Go/Python, and datastores like Postgres and Snowflake.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build foundational systems across infrastructure, data platforms, and integrations powering Assembled's products.
- Evolve scalable application infrastructure including container orchestration, observability, security, and cost efficiency.
- Develop integrations platform and connectors for CRMs, ticketing systems, knowledge bases, communication platforms, and AI model providers.
- Build modern data foundations to transform raw data into reliable, queryable datasets for metrics, reporting, analytics, and product experiences.
- Invest in systems supporting both real-time operational workflows and large-scale analytical workloads.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of engineering experience involving backend, platform, or infrastructure systems.
- Thrive in ambiguous environments and enjoy figuring out abstractions, system boundaries, and tradeoffs.
- Care deeply about reliability, maintainability, performance, and empowering other engineers.
- Enjoy cross-functional collaboration and understanding platform impact on product and business.

## Technical Stack
- Cloud provider: **AWS**
- Container orchestration: **Kubernetes + Karpenter**
- Datastores: **Postgres + PgBouncer**, **Snowflake**, **Redis**
- Languages: **Go**, **Python**

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