Staff Platform Engineer

LTK’s mission is to empower the world’s premium lifestyle Creators to achieve maximum economic success. We have a huge opportunity ahead of us and we’re looking for team members who want to create, innovate and disrupt an industry. 

We empower our team members to drive innovation, create value, and continue to spearhead the creation of this industry — a game changer when it comes to career growth.

Job title: Staff Software Engineer, Platform
Location: US-Remote  #LI-Remote

About the role

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join LTK’s developer platform team. The developer platform team focuses on designing, building, and maintaining the core infrastructure and tools that enable other software development teams to work efficiently, securely, and reliably. Key responsibilities include creating scalable, automated CI/CD pipelines, developing self-service tools, fostering collaboration, and mentoring other engineers to improve the overall developer experience and operational excellence. This role requires strong technical leadership, expertise in distributed systems, and a product-oriented mindset to treat the developer platform as a product for internal users. We are looking for a technical leader who has a deep understanding of distributed systems, and hands-on experience in large-scale backend services, Kubernetes, gRPC and service mesh. You will be responsible for designing the architecture and leading the team to deliver a modern platform that powers all LTK’s internal services.

How you will make an impact

• Build developer-facing tooling and infrastructure that promotes developer satisfaction and improves development velocity
• Define, document, and build golden paths for teams to build services in a scalable, secure way
• Work with teams across the company to gather requirements, support and drive projects forward
• Provide guidance and unblock others on the team while helping others grow through code reviews
• Make good, informed decisions around technical debt and tradeoffs
• Regularly think about the scrum team's processes and share complex solutions for improvements with peers and management 

Leadership

• Proven leadership skills, including mentoring and guiding engineers, leading technical initiatives, and collaborating with cross-functional teams 
• Project Management: Ability to lead projects from conception to completion and manage timelines, resources, and priorities effectively.
• Continuous Learning: A commitment to staying up-to-date with industry trends, tools, and methodologies and a passion for sharing knowledge with peers.
• Mentor and coach teams within the department.

Work Management/Communication:

• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including other technical  leaders and teams
• Communication: Excellent communication skills to effectively convey technical concepts, collaborate with non-technical stakeholders, and guide technical decisions.
• Influence: Ability to influence technical decisions across teams and mentor others in technical skills and practices.
• A mindset focused on seizing opportunities and moving with urgency.
• Dedication to fierce prioritization and operational excellence.
• Adaptability to a dynamic, fast-moving environment.
• A growth mindset and openness to feedback.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software development 
• Experience building developer platforms/frameworks (Backstage.io, Cortex, Humanitec, score.dev et al.) for companies past the start-up stage
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience migrating workloads onto Kubernetes/EKS
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, system monitors, and log aggregation services 
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Github Actions, Gitlab, Circle CI, Argo, Kargo
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, including CloudFormation and Teraform
• Knowledge of observability best practices and logging/monitoring tools like DataDog, Splunk, New Relic, Edge Delta, Prometheus, et al.
• Experience with AWS systems such as ECS, Lambda, RDS et al.
• Experience writing services in Go, Python, C++ or Java
• Have built scalable internal and public-facing APIs (REST, JSON, HTTP).
• Experience integrating 3rd party API's (REST, OAuth)
• Expertise in working with various data storage technologies, including relational and NoSQL databases 
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and related technologies.
• Familiarity with agile methods and familiarity with Scrum or Kanban frameworks
• Comfortable shipping code multiple times per day
• Proven experience in influencing and mentoring other members of the Engineering team
• Experience designing and delivering high-available, scalable cloud-based systems
• You have a track record of setting the technical and organizational direction for a growing engineering team across multiple global locations

Preferred Qualifications

• A Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent
• Experience with Developer Experience software like backstage.io and Dx
• Proficiency using and evangelizing the use of various AI tools to enhance personal and team software development productivity

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What we offer

• The opportunity to be part of the leading global company in creator commerce
• A remote-first, productivity-first environment
• Competitive compensation and benefits package to meet the needs of you and your family
• 401(k) with LTK company matching
• Medical Insurance, Vision Insurance, Dental Insurance
• Paid Maternity Leave and Paid Paternity Leave
• Summer Fridays and Flexible PTO

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About LTK

Founded in 2011, LTK is the global technology platform purpose-built to empower lifestyle creators to monetize their content. The full-service platform connects brands, creators, and shoppers with a world-class shopping app and trusted tools and technology that make content instantly shoppable. Today, premium lifestyle creators in 160+ countries drive more than $5 billion+ in annual retail sales through their LTK Shop profiles. More than 40 million consumers turn to LTK Shops in the LTK shopping platform each month to find inspiration and instantly shop the styles recommended by their favorite creators. More than 8,000 retailers and 1M brands partner with LTK to gain access to its global creator network for content that converts against performance-driven, cross-channel KPIs. LTK is headquartered in Dallas, TX, and currently operates on five continents.

Our mission

To empower the world’s premium lifestyle Creators to achieve maximum economic success.

Our values

• Here to win
• Commit to the journey
• Work well

Commitment to diversity

LTK believes diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental obligations that strengthen our team. We employ a diverse, multi-disciplinary team to build a meaningful company and culture. 

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For US-Based Roles:  We are not offering new sponsorships opportunities at this time for persons requiring employment visas, such as an H-1B;  authorization to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment.

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LTK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. #LI-Remote