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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Platform Engineer - **Company:** Saga Inc - **Location:** Los Altos, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Databases, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Load Testing, Performance Tuning, Blockchain, Prometheus, Datadog, Pulumi, System Availability, Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, Backend, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation, Front End Software Development, Terraform, Service Stack, User Accounts, Golang, Microservices - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-platform-engineer-saga-7882996 ## About the Role * 7+ years of experience in backend engineering, with meaningful exposure to infrastructure, platform, or DevOps/SRE work * Strong proficiency in Golang (5+ years) * Experience designing and building production APIs and microservices at scale * Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar) * Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Pulumi, or equivalent) * Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for multi-service deployments * Strong understanding of distributed systems, databases, and systems-level debugging * Exceptional problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills, * Experience with blockchain systems or integrating blockchain-based backends into consumer-facing products * Understanding of cryptographic primitives (public/private keys, hash functions, Merkle trees) * Experience with the Cosmos SDK / CometBFT technology stack * Background in fintech, payments, or wallet infrastructure * Experience with performance optimization, load testing, and capacity planning * Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or similar) * Contributions to open-source projects ## Description As a Senior Platform Engineer, you'll own the backend systems and infrastructure that power our products. You'll build the services, APIs, deployment pipelines, and platform tooling that enable a fast-moving product team to ship reliable, performant features to end users. 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