Lead Software Engineer, Platform

Are you a senior platform or backend engineer looking for a role where you can influence architecture and work on complex, high-impact systems at scale?

This is an opportunity to join a mission-driven technology company building advanced AI-powered platforms to accelerate scientific innovation. The team operates with strong engineering ownership and close collaboration across engineering, data, and machine learning.

You’ll play a key role in designing and evolving the core platform that supports large-scale, compute-intensive workloads. Working closely with ML and data teams, you’ll help define architecture patterns and build scalable services that support multiple concurrent workflows.

This role would suit an experienced engineer who enjoys hands-on development alongside technical leadership and mentoring looking to progress into directorship.

The Role:

• Design and build scalable backend systems and microservices
• Define architecture across APIs, data models, and service boundaries
• Develop cloud-native infrastructure using AWS, containers, and infrastructure-as-code
• Work with ML and data teams to deploy compute-heavy workflows into production
• Lead code reviews and mentor engineers

Do you have experience in Web services design?, * Strong backend experience using Python and frameworks such as Django or FastAPI

• Experience designing distributed systems and cloud architectures (AWS preferred)
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration
• Experience with PostgreSQL and building scalable data pipelines or async workloads
• Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder

4.04.0 out of 5 stars United States Remote $190,000 - $220,000 a year - Full-time, Pulled from the full job description

• 401(k)
• Paid time off, The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client.