Software Engineer - Platform & Productivity
WorkOS · Remote · United States & Canada ·
COMPENSATION
$175k – $275k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Fully remote (US)
- 8+ years experience
- Distributed systems
- CI/CD & DevEx
- AI agent tooling
The Platform team at WorkOS builds the shared backend components and development systems that every product and team member relies on. You will design high-throughput infrastructure like event systems and webhooks while reimagining CI/CD pipelines to support agentic software development workflows.
Success in this role means enabling internal teams to build faster by providing clean abstractions and reliable paved paths. You will balance long-term architectural strategy with hands-on implementation, ensuring scalability, consistency, and operational simplicity across critical services.
What you'll do
- Design and operate low-latency shared backend systems handling high concurrency and partial failures
- Create clean platform interfaces and abstractions to help product teams adopt shared capabilities
- Embed with product teams to understand workflow friction and shape platform investments
- Evolve CI/CD, build, test, and deployment infrastructure to shorten feedback loops
- Build isolated and verifiable execution environments for AI coding agents
- Instrument the software development lifecycle to identify bottlenecks using metrics
- Own platform reliability including observability, capacity planning, and incident response
- Evaluate build-versus-buy decisions considering operational complexity and long-term ownership
What you'll need
- 8+ years of software development experience owning high-impact technical projects
- Experience building distributed systems or platform services at scale
- Strong understanding of event-driven systems, queues, concurrency, and idempotency
- Background in building or operating CI/CD, build systems, or developer tooling
- Track record of designing frameworks with a clean developer experience
- Strong operational instincts for observability, capacity planning, and reliability
- Interest in AI coding agents, verifiable execution, and automated feedback loops
- Ability to balance long-term architecture with hands-on implementation
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for documenting systems
Nice to have
- Familiarity with TypeScript and Node.js
- Experience with React and Postgres
- Knowledge of AWS and Terraform
- Experience with SQS or Kinesis streaming systems
Stack
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- React
- Postgres
- AWS
- Terraform
- SQS
- Kinesis
How you'll work
- Fully remote working arrangement
- Benefits listed are specific to US employees
- Non-US benefits available upon inquiry
What you get
- Healthcare, dental, and vision coverage for family
- 401k matching plan
- Competitive equity package
- 20 days paid vacation plus 10 holidays
- Unlimited sick leave
- 12 weeks fully paid parental leave
- Monthly fitness and wellness stipends
- FSA and disability insurance options