As a Senior Platform Engineer on the Frontend Operations team, you will be the architectural force behind the backend services that power Weave Engineering's developer experience. You are a true full-stack engineer: you have definitely gotten your hands dirty in frontend code, but your bread and butter is building robust backend API services, designing databases, and implementing high-performance caching strategies.
By bridging the gap between frontend tooling and backend infrastructure, you will architect and build the backend systems (primarily in Golang and NodeJS) that empower hundreds of engineers to ship code with speed, quality, and confidence. You will own the operational lifecycle of our code—from supporting local development in our NX monorepo to building the APIs that drive complex GitHub Actions and our Electron desktop client.
This position will be remote
Reports to: Engineering Manager, Frontend Operations (Mason Payne)
The duties and responsibilities of the role.
Backend API Services: Architecting, building, and maintaining the backend services, databases, and caching layers that directly support our frontend operations and internal developer tooling.
CI/CD Pipeline & Tooling: Ownership of GitHub Actions and the internal full-stack tools (NodeJS/Golang) that power our builds, tests, and deploys.
The Monorepo Ecosystem: Driving the architecture and backend integrations for our NX monorepo to ensure ultimate scalability as our codebase grows.
The Developer Feedback Loop: Identifying bottlenecks in the development process and implementing backend-driven solutions to reduce build times, optimize data flow, and improve test infrastructure.
Desktop Client Operations: Supporting the build, release, and backend API needs for our Electron-based desktop application.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnering with Developer Experience, SRE, and Test Infrastructure teams to build a seamless continuous delivery pipeline.
The minimum qualifications for the role - education, experience, certifications, skills.
Experience: 5–9 years of professional engineering experience as a full-stack or backend engineer, with a strong focus on building API services, distributed architecture, and operational infrastructure.
Database & Systems Expertise: Hands-on experience designing and managing databases (relational or NoSQL) and implementing caching solutions (e.g., Redis, Memcached) to build highly performant internal systems.
Strong Technical Foundation: Proficiency in building scalable backends using TypeScript/NodeJS, alongside professional experience or a strong desire to work heavily in Golang.
Build System Familiarity: Enough hands-on experience with frontend build tools and package managers (e.g., NX, Vite, Webpack, Node/Bun, NPM/PNPM/Yarn) to know exactly what your backend services are supporting.
CI/CD Experience: Deep familiarity with continuous delivery principles and supporting tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or related tooling).
Operational Mindset: A proven track record of improving developer productivity, feedback loops, or CI/CD reliability through thoughtful backend systems engineering.
Preferred qualifications - including personality traits and soft skills.
Cloud Proficiency: Previous experience working within GCP (Google Cloud Platform) and managing cloud infrastructure.
Frontend Context: You’ve spent enough time in the frontend (especially with React) to deeply understand the pain points of the engineers you are supporting.
Platform Passion: You have a "customer-first" mindset where your primary customers are your fellow engineers.
Adaptability: Experience scaling build systems and internal tools at a medium-to-large SaaS company or a rapidly growing startup.
Employment with Weave is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, conducted in accordance with applicable laws.
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