Platform Engineer

As a Platform Engineer at Privy, you will help define how we build, deploy, and scale services that power tens of millions of users across thousands of customers—all within a rapidly growing engineering team.We believe that platform engineering is where backend engineering meets infrastructure engineering; it's about building the right abstractions, APIs, and developer tools that make shipping code seamless and scalable.What you'll doBuild and evolve core backend services and API platforms that serve billions of requests per monthDesign and maintain the systems that underpin our engineering velocity—deployment pipelines, CI/CD, and internal developer toolsLead efforts in observability, performance tuning, and reliability across our stackShape our approach to scaling and securing multi-tenant architectureAdvocate for strategic technical investments, balancing near-term shipping speed with long-term sustainabilityDesign and implement product features end-to-end, driven by user needsWhat we're looking forExperience building and maintaining a production system at scaleAn understanding of modern API development best practices and designExperience in building data models, managing database migrations and best practices, and infrastructure configurationExperience writing delightful developer documentationAs comfortable writing APIs and logic as you are writing infrastructure-as-codeBonus points if you have...Experience with React, Typescript, Next.js, AWS/Terraform, VercelPast experience working in authentication or securityEngineering at PrivyEngineering at Privy is not just about writing world-class code. We create software that turns complex technical systems into delightful developer tools. We assemble tried-and-true primitives into intuitive, responsive APIs and beautiful interfaces. We believe in open-source work and transparency with our teammates and users. We encourage each other to think big, run experiments and follow our curiosity so we can build better tooling that lets developers shine and empowers their users.Privy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of background, identity, or status.

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