Staff Platform Engineer

As a Staff Platform Software Engineer at NMI, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our technology platform. You will be responsible for collaborating with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), product engineering groups, and guiding the overall software architecture. This is a leadership position that requires a deep understanding of software development, system reliability, and a proven track record of delivering scalable and robust platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaboration and Leadership:
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including SRE, product engineering, and other stakeholders, to understand requirements and design solutions that meet business needs.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software engineering teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
• Software Architecture:
• Drive the development and evolution of the platform architecture, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Define and enforce coding standards, best practices, and design principles across engineering teams.
• Platform Development:
• Lead the design and development of critical components of the platform, ensuring high-quality, maintainable, and efficient code.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies, incorporating them into the platform strategy.
• Performance and Reliability:
• Work closely with SRE teams to ensure the platform's reliability, availability, and performance meet or exceed defined Service Level Objectives (SLOs).
• Conduct performance analysis and optimization to enhance the overall efficiency of the platform.
• Continuous Improvement:
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in software development processes and tools.
• Foster a culture of learning and innovation within the engineering organization.

Key Skills:

• Kubernetes (K8s):
• Experience designing, deploying, and managing containerized applications using Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes best practices for scaling, networking, and security.
• Familiarity with tools like Helm for Kubernetes package management.
• CI/CD Pipelines:
• Proficiency in setting up and optimizing CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with popular CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.
• Automation scripting skills using tools like Ansible, Puppet, or Terraform.
• API Gateway:
• Expertise in designing and implementing API gateways for managing and securing APIs.
• Experience with API gateway technologies such as Kong, Apigee, or AWS API Gateway.
• Understanding of API security standards (OAuth, JWT, etc.).
• Cloud Technologies:
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience deploying and managing applications in a cloud environment.
• Knowledge of cloud-native services and serverless architecture.
• Containerization and Orchestration:
• Proficiency in containerization technologies, especially Docker.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and best practices.
• Programming Languages:
• Strong programming skills with a background in application development
• Scripting skills for automation tasks (e.g., Bash, Python, Powershell).
• Monitoring and Logging:
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack.
• Knowledge of distributed tracing for troubleshooting and optimizing system performance.
• Collaboration and Documentation:
• Effective collaboration skills with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaborative workflows.
• Strong documentation skills for architectural decisions, design patterns, and best practices.
• Security:
• Understanding of security best practices for containerized applications.
• Familiarity with security scanning tools for code and container images.
• Soft Skills:
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Leadership qualities and the ability to mentor and guide junior team members.

We Offer:

• Annual salary of $130,000 - 160,000 + bonus
• A remote first culture!
• Flex PTO 
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Company volunteer days

Do you feel like you have a slightly out of the ordinary career path or history? We are open to all walks of life and very willing to hear your story. Please don’t feel like this should be a barrier to securing a great career at NMI! We appreciate success can come in all shapes and sizes. Fill in the ‘Additional Info’ box on our application to tell us more about your path.

What we do!

NMI enables our partners with choice, and challenges the one-size-fits-all approach to payments. You've probably used NMI in the last 24 hours without even realizing it. We’re the platform that powers success for innovative tech created by SMBs, entrepreneurs and fintech startups. We’re creative problem solvers who help visionaries smash through boundaries and think beyond what’s possible so they can think about what’s next. But we’re not just built for the tech savvy. We democratize the latest payments technology so that everyone can realize the benefits of easy payments across the full spectrum of commerce. We’re all about enabling more payments in more ways and more places.

We believe that having a diverse group of employees strengthens both our work and our workplace. We’re focused on making NMI more diverse and welcoming with initiatives like having a dedicated Diversity, Equity & Inclusion action group, diversity goals for hiring, anonymized resume screening, affinity groups such as our Women's network and LGBTQ+ Network, open forums for discussions on diversity and social justice, and measuring inclusion and belonging as part of our regular employee engagement surveys.

Equal Opportunity

NMI is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation or sexual identity, genetic information, citizen status (except those that do not have the legal right to be employed in the United States), disability, military service, service member, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Please be aware that all offers of employment are made subject to receipt of satisfactory background and financial checks.

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