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Senior Platform Engineer

Austin, TX

At SpotOn, we’re helping restaurants and small businesses compete and win with flexible payment and software technology—backed by real people who really care. From seamless point-of-sale systems to integrated restaurant management solutions, every SpotOn tool is designed to help local businesses increase profits and create better experiences for their customers and employees.  

Recently, SpotOn was:

  • Named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024
  • Awarded Great Places to Work and Built In’s Best Workplaces for the third year in a row
  • Selected as the Best Overall Restaurant POS by NerdWallet 
  • Rated the top-rated point-of-sale (POS) for restaurants, bars, retail, and small businesses by Capterra users

We’re committed to caring hard and moving fast so that we can continue to grow and make a positive impact together. 

That’s where you come in. 

 

The Infrastructure Delivery team is seeking a skilled Senior Platform Engineer to help us build the foundational infrastructure platform for all our products. Our mission is to create exceptional developer experiences by building tooling that makes it easier for our engineers to write, test, and deploy code. 

Our core responsibility is to support the deployment of hundreds of microservices by building intuitive and reliable CI/CD tooling that follows best practices. We also build and operate our Internal Developer Platform (built with Backstage) and several other tools used daily by our engineering team.
We sit at the critical intersection of infrastructure and product development.

You're a Great Fit For This Role If:

  • You're energized by making other developers more productive: You take satisfaction in seeing your fellow engineers succeed through the tools you create.
  • You want to work with both code and infrastructure: You’re ready to solve the problem at hand, whether it requires writing code on an IDE, running commands on a terminal window, or browsing a cloud dashboard.

You enjoy a variety of challenges: You love having weeks where you need to be deep in programming, and others where you are troubleshooting failed deployments. You use AI in your daily work: You are fully embracing AI capabilities to assist with responsibilities like coding, document writing, and more.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience as a software or platform engineer
  • Strong programming skills in an object-oriented language and experience building backend systems, APIs, or developer tools
  • Experience developing and running applications with Docker or other container runtimes
  • Availability to work during core team hours, 9 am to 12 pm EST
  • Ability to participate in 12-hour on-call shifts as required

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with cloud-native container runtimes technologies like Kubernetes

  • Experience with GitOps deployment technologies like Argo CD or Flux CD
  • Experience with Cloud Infrastructure technologies like Terraform and AWS

You love to seek and implement internal customer feedback to make our products better

  • You are a self-starter and can define a problem and work towards a solution independently
  • Ability to bridge the gap between application development and infrastructure management

Responsibilities:

  • Design and develop tools and services that improve developer productivity and experience
  • Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support seamless deployment processes
  • Build and enhance our Internal Developer Platform to streamline development workflows
  • Create automation solutions for repetitive development and deployment tasks
  • Work with development teams to identify and address pain points in their workflows
  • Implement systems that make infrastructure more accessible to product developers
  • Apply software engineering best practices to infrastructure code and tooling
  • Collaborate across teams to ensure developer tools integrate well with our technology stack
  • Measure and optimize the effectiveness of developer tooling
  • Stay current with emerging technologies and practices in developer experience and platform engineering
  • Participate in on-call activities to support the stability of our products

Why Join Us?

At SpotOn, you’ll be part of a team that values diversity, creativity, and a shared mission to help small businesses succeed. Join us to build technology that makes a difference, work with talented peers, and contribute to a culture where your ideas and impact matter.

Compensation:

  • Our base pay range is $135,000 -$175,000 for this role
  • Please note the salary range listed is just one component of a competitive compensation package which includes a company stock plan
  • Offers will be reflective of the candidate’s location and experience.

Benefits:  

At SpotOn, we put people above everything else. We’re known for our innovative software and technology solutions, but we stand out because of the hard-working humans behind the tech. We can’t take care of our clients without taking care of our employees first, and that’s why we invest in you with a competitive benefits package which includes:

  • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
  • 401k with company match
  • RSUs
  • Paid vacation, 10 company holidays, sick time, and volunteer time off
  • Employee Resource Groups to build community and inclusion at work
  • Monthly cell phone and internet stipend
  • Tuition reimbursement for up to $2,000 per calendar year to assist with your professional development

The base salary range listed will vary depending on location and experience.

Base salary range

$135,000 - $175,000 USD

SpotOn is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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