Senior Platform Engineer

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Role Details

Company: US-headquartered HealthTech SaaS business

Location: New York City, New York

Employment Type: Full-time

Work Arrangement: Hybrid - 3–4 days per week in the office

Salary: $230,000–$300,000

Experience: 5+ years in software engineering, including 2+ years in platform or infrastructure engineering

Visa Sponsorship: Visa transfers supported

Tech Stack: AWS, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), Python, TypeScript, CI/CD, DevOps, Observability, Cloud Security, and AI/LLM Infrastructure.

About the Opportunity

The client is building an AI-powered healthcare platform that automates clinical documentation review and compliance workflows. They are looking for their first dedicated Platform Engineer to build and scale production infrastructure, establish the platform roadmap, and support growing AI workloads.

This is a high-ownership role reporting directly to the VP of Engineering, with significant autonomy to shape infrastructure strategy, security, reliability, and cloud cost optimisation.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in Platform, Infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE roles.

• Strong hands-on AWS experience and infrastructure-as-code expertise.

• Production-level Python and TypeScript proficiency.

• Experience owning production infrastructure or building platform capabilities at an early-stage startup.

• Ability to work autonomously, define technical roadmaps, and make architectural decisions.

• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice to Have

• HealthTech, FinTech, or other regulated-industry experience.

• Familiarity with HIPAA and SOC 2 compliance.

• Experience with LLM infrastructure, cloud cost optimisation, SSO, or identity providers such as Okta.

• Background combining large technology companies with early-stage startups.

• Experience mentoring engineers or leading a small team.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity

• Comprehensive health insurance, unlimited PTO, and office-provided dinners

• Founding platform role with autonomy to define the roadmap

Interview Process

• Candidate submission and initial screening

• Technical assessment

• VP of Engineering interview

• Final onsite: system design, product demo, and values interview

• Offer and hiring