Senior Platform Engineer

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About the role

We are looking for asenior platform engineer to drive the core platform, infrastructure, and developer tooling behind our products. This role is both hands-on and strategic: you will design and implement core systems, define the platform roadmap, and work across engineering teams to ensure we have a secure, reliable, and scalable foundation.

Youll report directly to the CTO and be trusted to identify problems, set direction, and execute solutions without day-to-day oversight. Youll partner with engineering managers across PHP, Python, and mobile/web platforms, but you will be responsible for the architectural vision and execution across the company.

Responsibilities

Design and implement complex and critical backend systems such as payment processing and authentication systems in the core Wag backend application

Design cross-platform and cross-team system architecture

Design and implement efficient build and deployment pipelines, containerization (Docker, Gitlab CI/CD), and developer tooling to improve productivity

Incorporate AI powered solutions to support platform quality and developer productivity

Define and maintain the platform roadmap, balancing reliability, developer productivity, technical debt, and cost

Design the bug detection and triage tooling

and procedures

Contribute infrastructure as code using Terraform

Design and drive incident response procedures including observability and on-call tooling

Serve as a trusted technical owner for key backend systems

Mentor engineers on infrastructure and platform best practices

Ensure Security & Compliance in platform design in partnership with Security Manager

Own the data engineering and analytics platform design

Participate in on-call incident response for key systems

KPIs

Code and App Quality: Bug regression rate, app quality, platform performance

System Reliability: Uptime and MTTR

Velocity Enablers: CI/CD speed, developer productivity metrics

Technical Hygiene: Reduction in systemic debt, roadmap progress on platform initiatives

Cross-team Alignment: % projects conforming to standards

Qualifications

Willingness to roll up your sleeves and move from planning to execution with a small team

Significant backend software development experience

Familiarity with PHP and Python

Strong experience with containerization (Docker) and CI/CD pipeline design

Expertise designing and maintaining cloud infrastructure; ideally in AWS

Proficiency with Terraform (or equivalent IaC tools) for managing infrastructure

Strong experience with containerization (Docker) and CI/CD pipeline design

Proven ability to design complex and reliable systems with minimal oversight

Experience driving cross-team initiatives and influencing technical direction

Solid understanding of reliability engineering, monitoring, and incident management

Excellent communication skills and ability to work with multiple engineering teams

For US based candidates, the base pay range for a successful candidate is listed below,

$150,000 to $210,000

About Wag! Group Co.

Wag! Group Co. strives to be the number one platform to solve the service, product, and wellness needs of the modern U.S. pet household. Wag! pioneered on-demand dog walking in 2015 with the Wag! app, which offers access to 5-star dog walking, sitting, and one-on-one training from a community of over 500,000 Pet Caregivers nationwide. In addition, Wag! Group Co. operates Petted, one of the nations largest pet insurance comparison marketplaces; Dog Food Advisor, one of the most visited and trusted pet food review platforms; WoofWoofTV, a multi-media company bringing delightful pet content to over 18 million followers across social media; and maxbone, a digital platform for modern pet essentials. For more information, visit Wag.co.

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