# Platform Engineer
**Company:** [Poetic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/poetic)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Salary:** $175K-$225K
**Skills:** Compilers, Ides, Runtimes, Infrastructure, LLMs, Immutable Systems, Anomaly Detection, Programming Languages
**Posted:** 2026-01-26
> Owns and builds core parts of the Forge platform end-to-end, including IDE, compiler, runtime, and infra for AI-powered English programming language. Requires staff+ engineer experience building products 0-1 with deep technical craft.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Own and build core parts of the Forge platform end-to-end.
- Design powerful and elegant abstractions that scale.

## Requirements
- Built multiple products 0 → 1 or 1 → n / staff+ engineer experience.
- Deep care for your craft - explain how your tools work under the hood and have opinions about them.
- Ability to run independently and build what you need on your own.
- Someone who can vouch that you're the best engineer they've worked with (or something you've built that speaks for itself).

## Locations
- In-person only in **San Francisco, CA** or **New York City, NY**.
**Apply:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/platform-engineer-at-poetic-859d1310-0121-4fbf-a1bc-77266ddb7bab
**Canonical:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/platform-engineer-at-poetic-859d1310-0121-4fbf-a1bc-77266ddb7bab