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# Platform Engineer, APIs and Security

- **Company:** ADAPTION LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Audit Trail, Python (Programming Language), Network Control, OpenID, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Single Sign-On, Management of Software Versions, Backend, Rate Limiting, Api Design
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/pelbl09n6x

## About the Role

* 5+ years in backend, infrastructure, or platform engineering, including ownership of a multi-tenant API or control plane.
 * Deep knowledge of authentication, credential management, rate limiting, quotas, and tenant isolation.
 * Strong Python skills and sound API design judgment, ideally with high-throughput or streaming APIs.
 * Experience with metering, billing, credits, or entitlements, including idempotency, reconciliation, and audit trails.
 * Experience with enterprise or regulated environments, such as SSO, SAML/OIDC, SOC 2, data residency, or sovereign deployments.

Above all, we're looking for great teammates who make work feel lighter and aren't afraid to go out on a limb with bold ideas. You don't need to be perfect, but you do need to be adaptable. We encourage you to apply, even if you don't check every box.

## Description

You'll build the multi-tenant platform that turns our inference infrastructure into a product enterprises and sovereign customers can trust., * Build the multi-tenant control plane, including credentials, quotas, rate limits, and tenant isolation.

 * Own our public inference APIs, including streaming, versioning, compatibility, and migrations.
 * Implement accurate usage metering, credit reservation, and entitlement enforcement.
 * Build enterprise capabilities such as SSO, access controls, audit logs, and data residency.
 * Test and continuously strengthen the tenant boundary.


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