USA; Brooklyn, NYC Remote (Country) USD 170,000 – 240,000 / year

Propel is hiring a Senior Platform Engineer

About the Role

This role involves leading the development and maintenance of core platform infrastructure, enabling engineering teams to build and deploy services efficiently and securely.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement robust, scalable backend systems
  • Optimize platform performance and reliability
  • Collaborate with developers to improve tooling and workflows
  • Design APIs for internal and external service integration
  • Ensure systems meet security and compliance standards
  • Lead incident response and post-mortem analysis
  • Drive automation across deployment and monitoring pipelines
  • Mentor engineers on best practices in platform design
  • Evaluate and integrate new technologies
  • Support migration of legacy systems to modern architectures
  • Monitor system health and proactively address issues
  • Work closely with product teams to understand requirements
  • Document technical designs and operational procedures
  • Contribute to capacity planning and scalability strategies
  • Implement observability solutions across services

Nice to Have

  • Master’s degree in a technical field
  • Experience scaling platforms to handle millions of users
  • Contributions to open-source infrastructure projects
  • Knowledge of service mesh technologies
  • Experience with database optimization at scale
  • Background in security engineering practices
  • Leadership in incident management frameworks
  • Familiarity with regulatory compliance standards

Compensation

Competitive salary and equity package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid remote

Team

Collaborative engineering team focused on infrastructure and developer experience

Our Engineering Culture

  • We value ownership, transparency, and continuous learning
  • Engineers are empowered to make architectural decisions
  • We prioritize sustainable development over rushed delivery
  • Collaboration across disciplines is central to our process

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Unlimited paid time off
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Home office setup allowance
  • Family planning and parental leave support

Available for qualified candidates

About company
Propel

Propel builds technology that strengthens the social safety net by helping people who receive government benefits manage their finances more effectively.

The company's flagship product, the Propel app, allows users to check their EBT balance instantly, track transactions, and receive deposit alerts. It also offers security features like EBT card locking and fraud monitoring to protect benefits.

Beyond balance checking, the app provides exclusive savings on groceries, phone plans, and utilities, along with access to job opportunities, policy updates, and financial resources tailored to low-income households.

For over 10 years, Propel has served millions of Americans across all U.S. states except Iowa and Montana, as well as Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam.

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Job Details
Department Engineering
Category infrastructure
Posted 3 months ago