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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer (Platform Team) - **Company:** NUNCO, LLC - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $170,000.0 - $250,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Build Automation, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Computer Programming, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Open Source Technology, Systems Development Life Cycle, Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, Scripting, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), System Availability, Concurrency, Backend, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Terraform, Marketplace, Multiplatform, Docker - **Published:** September 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/software-engineer-platform-team-san-francisco-ca--398210c5-150b-4006-93d4-abcfee1e5a93 ## About the Role * 3-8 years of software engineering experience * Strong backend or platform engineering experience * Experience building and operating distributed systems * Experience maintaining production systems at scale * Strong understanding of concurrency and asynchronous systems * Experience solving race condition and reliability challenges * Strong Python engineering experience * Experience with PostgreSQL or relational databases * Experience working with cloud infrastructure * Strong software engineering fundamentals * Experience designing and shipping backend APIs * Strong debugging and production troubleshooting skills * Ability to work effectively in fast-moving startup environments * Strong ownership mentality * Excellent communication and collaboration skills * Comfortable participating in on-call rotations Strong SignalsPlatform & Distributed Systems Signals * Built and scaled distributed systems in production * Experience with marketplace, auction, or exchange systems * Strong concurrency and async programming expertise * Infrastructure ownership experience * Reliability and resiliency engineering experience * Experience operating critical platform services Engineering Signals * Strong Python expertise * PostgreSQL experience * Kubernetes experience * Docker experience * AWS or GCP experience * Terraform experience * Experience designing backend APIs * Strong system design fundamentals Startup Signals * Early-stage startup experience * Series A-C startup experience * Small team ownership experience * Demonstrated ability to operate autonomously * Significant ownership of technical systems * Experience building infrastructure from the ground up Bonus Signals * Marketplace infrastructure experience * Auction engine experience * Pricing system experience * Resource allocation algorithms * Scheduling systems experience * Infrastructure automation expertise * Open source contributions * Strong operational mindset Compensation & Benefits, Algorithms, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, Backend as a Service (BaaS), Business Strategy, Capacity Allocations, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Computer Systems, Concurrency, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Customer Support/Service, Debugging Skills, Distributed Computing, Docker, Engineering, Funding, GCP (Good Clinical Practices), GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), Identify Issues, Incident Response, Machine Tool, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, On Call, Open Source, PostgreSQL, Pricing, Problem Solving Skills, Production Systems, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Relational Databases (RDBMS), Reliability Engineering, Resource Management, Scalable System Development, Software Engineering, Startup, System Start-Up, Systems Maintenance, Systems Scalability, Team Player ## Description The company operates with a lean, high-impact engineering culture where engineers own critical systems and have direct influence on product and infrastructure decisions. The culture values: * Ownership * Technical Excellence * Reliability * Speed * Collaboration * Product Thinking * Operational Excellence * Learning Velocity * Pragmatism * End-to-End Execution What You Will Do * Build and evolve the core auction engine and bid management platform * Design systems that allocate GPU capacity using real-time marketplace dynamics * Own platform-level distributed systems and backend infrastructure * Develop reservation management and capacity allocation services * Design pricing and marketplace logic powering platform operations * Improve platform reliability, resiliency, and scalability * Solve concurrency, race condition, and distributed systems challenges * Build and maintain backend APIs and platform services * Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deployment infrastructure * Manage cloud infrastructure and platform operations * Improve observability, monitoring, and operational tooling * Collaborate closely with engineering teams across supply and consumption systems * Participate in on-call rotations and production incident response * Build automation and operational tooling to reduce engineering toil ## Related Videos - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Infrastructure as Code: The Developer's Secret Weapon](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1221-infrastructure-as-code-the-developer-s-secret-weapon) - [Inside Bitpanda's Tech Stack: Scaling a European Fintech Leader - Markus Dorner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1979-inside-bitpanda-s-tech-stack-scaling-a-european-fintech-leader-markus-dorner) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies in Europe](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/162-highest-paying-tech-companies-in-europe) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Find a Developer Job: 12 Best Job Sites For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/165-find-a-developer-job-12-best-job-sites-for-developers) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence)