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Platform Engineer

Span

Remote (USA)RemoteFull-time$125–250K/yrPosted 1mo agoVerified open 5 days ago
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At a glance

Compensation
$125–250K/yr
Location
Remote (USA)Remote
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

Job overview

Span is hiring a Platform Engineer. Span is an AI‑native developer intelligence platform helping engineering organizations turn AI adoption into real effectiveness. The company seeks engineers passionate about building internal platforms, tooling, and systems that accelerate engineering teams, reduce operational overhead, and improve reliability across microservices and monolith environments.

Key focus areas include Build AI‑powered platform tooling that identifies root causes, automates tasks, and recommends improvements., Create an internal developer platform with a software catalog, service ownership model, and engineering portal., and Improve developer experience by building workflows, automation, and self‑service infrastructure to reduce cognitive load and streamline onboarding..

Successful candidates bring Experience Building Platform Engineering, Developer Infrastructure Experience, and DevEx Experience. Important skills include Resourcefulness, Systems Thinking, Improving Engineering Productivity, Thoughtful Tooling, Automation, and Building With LLMs. Preferred (not required): TypeScript, NestJS, React, and Python.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

ResourcefulnessSystems ThinkingImproving Engineering ProductivityThoughtful ToolingAutomationBuilding With LLMsAI AgentsAgentic WorkflowsWorking Across InfrastructureBackend SystemsDeveloper ToolingTypeScriptNestJSReactPythonPostgreSQLRedisKafkaAirbyteDagsterAWSKubernetesFluxCD

Qualifications

Experience Building Platform EngineeringDeveloper Infrastructure ExperienceDevEx ExperienceSRE ExperienceInternal Tooling ExperienceEarly Engineering Hire ExperienceFounder ExperienceBuilt and Shipped Meaningful Side Projects

Full job description

ABOUT SPAN

Span exists to help engineering organizations turn AI adoption into real effectiveness. As AI tools reshape how software gets built, the companies that continuously improve how their teams use AI in their day-to-day will pull ahead. We're the AI-native developer intelligence platform built for that moment. We're looking for people who want to shape how the next generation of high-performing engineering orgs operate.

We're a Series A company with a small, focused team that moves fast and ships things that matter. We’re proud to be helping forward-thinking orgs like Ramp, Carvana, Intercom, and OpenTable. We're honored to be backed by dozens of founders, CTOs, and CPOs we admire from Slack, Notion, Rippling, Fivetran, Coda, Adobe, and Square, as well as funds including Alt Capital, BoxGroup, Bling, Craft, and SV Angel.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU'LL:

We're looking for someone who gets excited about building the internal platforms, tooling, and systems that help engineering teams move faster, ship more reliably, and spend less time on operational overhead. Some example projects include:

  • Build AI-powered platform tooling that identifies the root causes of recurring operational work (KTLO), automates repetitive tasks, and recommends long-term engineering improvements.

  • Create an internal developer platform including a software catalog, service ownership model, and engineering portal that teams actually enjoy using, whether they're working in microservices or monoliths.

  • Improve developer experience by building workflows, automation, and self-service infrastructure that reduce cognitive load, streamline onboarding, and eliminate common sources of engineering friction.

  • Leverage LLMs and AI agents to automate platform operations, incident response, documentation, engineering support, and developer workflows.

  • Partner closely with engineering teams to identify platform gaps, improve reliability, and build scalable infrastructure that enables product teams to focus on delivering customer value.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

  • Resourceful engineers who thrive in high-agency, fast-moving environments.

  • Experience building platform engineering, developer infrastructure, DevEx, SRE, or internal tooling.

  • You've been an early engineering hire, founder, or have built and shipped meaningful side projects from scratch.

  • Strong systems thinking with a passion for improving engineering productivity through thoughtful tooling and automation.

  • Experience building with LLMs, AI agents, and agentic workflows to solve real engineering problems.

  • Comfortable working across infrastructure, backend systems, and developer tooling.

OUR STACK

  • Languages & Frameworks: TypeScript, NestJS, React, Python

  • Data & Infrastructure: Postgres, Redis, Kafka, Airbyte, Dagster

  • Cloud & Platform: AWS, Kubernetes, FluxCD

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