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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead Software Engineer, Platform Engineering - **Company:** Klaviyo - **Location:** Boston, MA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $176,000.0 - $264,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Apache HTTP Server, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Databases, Software Debugging, Linux, Distributed Systems, Django Web Framework, Amazon DynamoDB, Python (Programming Language), Memcached, MySQL, Online Analytical Processing, Online Transaction Processing, RabbitMQ, Redis, Klaviyo Email and SMS Marketing, Data Processing, ReactJS, Apache Spark, Fastapi, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Low Latency, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, Celery, Vertica, Api Gateway, Terraform, Golang - **Published:** August 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=6294e220c21a7b55 ## About the Role * BA or BS degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent experience * 10+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems, with a track record of technical leadership * Deep, hands-on experience developing production software in Python and/or Go * Extensive experience working in cloud-native environments, with hands-on ownership of infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform) and containerized platforms (e.g. Kubernetes) * Fundamental understanding of Linux and all layers of the networking stack; comfortable administering and debugging production systems * Experience across a range of platform-related domains such as API gateways & traffic management, observability, asynchronous processing, or database/storage platforms * Proven ability to independently own the full lifecycle of complex, cross-team platform initiatives - from discovery and technical design through rollout and long-term maintenance * Strong track record of mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction beyond your immediate team * Excellent communicator who writes clear technical design docs and RFCs, and keeps stakeholders aligned on progress, risk, and trade-offs * Comfortable handling complex systems in outage situations and driving failures to root cause and resolution Nice to have * Familiarity with high-volume data processing and storage systems, including OLTP and OLAP databases * Experience with large-scale data ecosystems - e.g., ClickHouse, DynamoDB, MySQL, Kafka, Spark, Flink, Iceberg, or Airflow * Background in internal tooling or paved-path platform design Tech Stack ## Description As a Lead Software Engineer on the Platform Engineering team, you will set technical direction for our core platform services, ensuring our platform primitives scale with Klaviyo's growth while remaining simple, reliable, and cost-efficient for the teams that depend on them. Your work will be highly visible and will directly shape how thousands of Klaviyo engineers build and ship products every day., As a Lead Software Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across the Platform Engineering org while remaining hands-on with the systems you build. You will: * Build a deep understanding of engineering needs across the organization, guiding the design and development of the right platform primitives (infrastructure, databases, queuing, and more) and balancing the platform's vision with the practical needs of product teams * Set the technical vision and long-term roadmap for core platform services, translating organizational priorities into a clear, multi-year plan * Own the design, development, and evolution of foundational platform primitives that product teams rely on to ship quickly and safely * Lead cross-team initiatives that improve the availability, scalability, latency, and cost-efficiency of Klaviyo's core platforms, and drive adoption of the resulting paved paths * Identify systemic gaps and architectural bottlenecks, and lead the design and delivery of solutions * Leverage technologies such as Python, Go, AWS, and Kubernetes to advance the platform, partnering closely with security, and product engineering leaders * Champion best practices across the organization, including technical design review, configuration as code, and defensive programming * Drive cost-optimization efforts across the platform - right-sizing infrastructure, improving resource utilization, and building the tooling and guardrails that make cost-efficiency the default * Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, raising the bar for technical quality and engineering craft across the Platform Engineering org * Participate in and help evolve on-call practices, with a focus on solving issues at the root, preventing recurrence, and minimizing alert fatigue * You've already experimented with AI in work or personal projects, and you're excited to dive in and learn fast. You're hungry to responsibly explore new AI tools and workflows, finding ways to make your work smarter and more efficient., Klaviyo's platform is primarily built with Python and React and runs on AWS. Engineers join us from a wide range of technical backgrounds and are supported in learning our stack. 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