Own and scale critical backend systems — including data sync pipelines, search APIs, email/SMS delivery, and workflow automation — with a focus on reliability and operational excellence.
Drive platform-level projects that unlock new product capabilities: activity feeds, custom objects, rate limiting, tenant isolation, and data enrichment integrations.
Collaborate closely with product engineers to identify and eliminate platform bottlenecks, improving the velocity and reliability of feature development across the team.
Participate in the shared platform on-call rotation and lead post-incident reviews, improving system observability and resilience over time.
Help shape the backend foundation for Rally's agentic platform — ensuring our core systems can support AI agents running research workflows at scale.
Influence architectural decisions and establish engineering standards across the backend stack.
Mentor engineers through code reviews, technical design discussions, and day-to-day pairing as the team grows.

6+ years of experience building and operating complex backend systems in production, ideally at a startup or high-ownership environment.
Strong TypeScript/Node.js fundamentals with hands-on experience in a fully TypeScript codebase.
Deep experience with AWS managed services (ECS/Fargate, RDS/Aurora, MSK) and modern cloud-native architecture patterns.
Experience with event-driven systems and streaming infrastructure (Kafka or equivalent).
Proven track record of owning significant technical areas end-to-end — from design through implementation, rollout, and ongoing operation.
Strong understanding of observability (metrics, logs, traces) and comfort with on-call responsibilities and production incident response.
Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset — excited to partner with product, design, and go-to-market teams, not just other engineers.

Familiarity with workflow orchestration systems (e.g., Temporal) or distributed systems patterns.
Experience with Elasticsearch or similar search infrastructure at scale.
Exposure to AI-native product development or agentic workflow patterns.
Experience as an early or founding member of a platform team — building standards and norms from scratch.
Familiarity with GraphQL APIs and the Prisma ORM.

Base salary range (US): $185,000 – $210,000 USD per year.
Additional compensation: This role is eligible for variable compensation (such as equity awards) in accordance with Rally's applicable plans.
Competitive compensation and meaningful equity
Flexible / unlimited PTO policy
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Parental Leave
401(k) retirement plan
Home office set-up support
Monthly remote work stipend
Quarterly in-person team or company gatherings

Remote (Country) — United States

Rally is a remote-first company with teammates across the US and Canada.
We default to async communication, use clear written documentation to keep everyone in the loop, and reserve meetings for collaboration, decision-making, and relationship building.
Remote-first: Work from anywhere in the US, with core collaboration hours that overlap across US time zones.
In-person connection: We bring people together for periodic team or company onsites to build relationships, do deep-dive strategy work, and celebrate wins.
High ownership: You'll have real responsibility from day one and a lot of trust to figure out the best way to get to outcomes.
Customer-driven: We talk to users constantly and use those insights to drive decisions across Product, Design, Engineering, and Go-To-Market.
AI-native: We're building an AI-native product and operating like one internally. We expect everyone at Rally to be actively experimenting with AI tools, challenging how they work, and finding ways to move faster.

Base salary range (US): $185,000 – $210,000 USD per year. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hires in this role across the United States. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors such as job-related skills, experience, and location.
Additional compensation: This role is eligible for variable compensation (such as equity awards) in accordance with Rally's applicable plans. Any such compensation is not guaranteed and is determined at Rally's discretion under the terms of those plans.
Benefits for US-based full-time employees currently include: Competitive compensation and meaningful equity, Flexible / unlimited PTO policy, Medical, dental, and vision insurance, Parental Leave, 401(k) retirement plan, Home office set-up support, Monthly remote work stipend, Quarterly in-person team or company gatherings
Benefits may vary based on role, level, and location, and are subject to change as Rally grows.

Initial conversation: A short call with our recruiting team to learn more about your background and share more about Rally.
CTO interview: A deeper conversation about the role, your experience, and what success looks like in the first 6–12 months.
Technical coding challenge: problem solving exercise with two different engineers. Our coding exercises will be based on challenging real world product problems rather than leetcode like questions. You'll be expected to use Javascript/Typescript to work across both the frontend and backend (API and DB level).
System Design Challenge
Team and cross-functional conversations: Time with leadership and/or key partners to answer your remaining questions. We'll share details at each stage so you know what's coming and how to prepare!

Remote-first: Work from anywhere in the US, with core collaboration hours that overlap across US time zones.
In-person connection: We bring people together for periodic team or company onsites to build relationships, do deep-dive strategy work, and celebrate wins.
High ownership: You'll have real responsibility from day one and a lot of trust to figure out the best way to get to outcomes.
Customer-driven: We talk to users constantly and use those insights to drive decisions across Product, Design, Engineering, and Go-To-Market.
AI-native: We're building an AI-native product and operating like one internally. We expect everyone at Rally to be actively experimenting with AI tools, challenging how they work, and finding ways to move faster.

Rally is hiring a Senior Platform Engineer