AI Summary
We're looking for a Platform & Reliability Engineer to join our dynamic startup. As the first platform-focused hire, you'll define best practices, shape our engineering culture, and ensure we ship software that is fast, secure, and resilient at scale. You'll own the reliability and performance of our platform, from designing SLOs and incident response processes to optimizing costs and developer workflows.
Key Highlights
Define SLOs and incident response processes
Own the reliability and performance of our platform
Optimize costs and developer workflows
Key Responsibilities
Define, track, and evangelize latency and availability targets for our payment APIs
Deploy Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Trace, Error Reporting, and dashboards; integrate alerts via Incident.io and Slack for on-call
Establish blameless postmortems, guardrails, and runbooks to drive learning and prevent recurrence
Codify Cloud Build pipelines and automated canary rollouts for Cloud Functions / Cloud Run
Manage GCP resources; embed security, IAM least-privilege, and cost controls by default
Profile hot paths (BigQuery, Firestore, Pub/Sub), and implement caching or concurrency improvements to keep user latency
Eliminate toil by improving local-to-prod parity, secrets management, and spinning up environments with a single command
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
Competitive salary + equity plan
21 days PTO
Annual medical allowance
Productivity budget
Gym membership & wellness subsidy
Annual team retreat trip
Nice to Have
Experience in payments, PCI-DSS, or crypto settlement flows
Job Description
Are you passionate about solving complex challenges in the fintech space? We’re looking for talented individuals to join our dynamic startup, backed by Sequoia Capital. We’re building the universal payment layer to unify all currencies—fiat and crypto—so businesses and consumers can transact seamlessly. If you're passionate about creating innovative solutions in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, we want to talk to you.
We are hiring a Platform & Reliability Engineer!
As our Platform & Reliability Engineer, you’ll be the architect of how we deploy, scale, and operate our systems to keep payments flowing smoothly. You’ll own the reliability and performance of our platform, from designing SLOs and incident response processes to optimizing costs and developer workflows. As the first platform-focused hire at a fast-growing, Sequoia-backed fintech startup, you’ll have the opportunity to define best practices, shape our engineering culture, and ensure we ship software that is fast, secure, and resilient at scale.
What You’ll Do
- At least 5+ years of experience building/operating production systems at scale, ideally on Google Cloud or a similar serverless stack, ideally in fast-paced or startup settings.
- Hands‑on Fluency with Firebase, Cloud Build, Cloud Run/Functions, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL/Spanner, VPC Service Controls.
- Strong coding in Python or Go for automation, with an eye on maintainability.
- Demonstrated record of driving observability, on‑call and cost optimisation in a fast‑moving environment.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Experience in payments, PCI‑DSS, or crypto settlement flows is a bonus.
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Our Culture
- Fast-paced and dynamic – We’re a growing startup that moves quickly.
- Tech-driven – We leverage technology to address our users’ biggest challenges.
- Ownership and communication – We value people who take full ownership and communicate well across teams.
- Continuous learning – You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside industry experts and enhance your expertise in risk management.
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- Competitive salary + equity plan
- 21 days PTO
- Benefits: annual medical allowance, productivity budget, gym membership & wellness subsidy
- Annual team retreat trip
- Be part of a team backed by Sequoia Capital with a healthy runway
- 5+ years of experience in platform, reliability, or infrastructure engineering.
- Proficient in GCP, infrastructure as code, and automation scripting.
- Familiar with observability, CI/CD, and modern cloud-native architectures.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Work visa sponsorship available.
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