In this role you'll:
Build core platform services that support all Lemonade development teams across web, mobile, and backend systems
Design and maintain robust APIs for distributed microservices architecture using TypeScript, with Rust experience as a major plus
Collaborate with staff engineers and tech leads to establish platform standards, patterns, and best practices across the engineering organization
Own service stability and communication between systems, implementing both synchronous and asynchronous patterns at scale
Drive developer efficiency initiatives by creating tools, frameworks, and infrastructure that eliminate friction for product teams
Work hands-on with AWS infrastructure including Kafka, RabbitMQ, EKS, SQS, Lambda, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Pulumi
Partner closely with DevOps teams to ensure seamless deployment, monitoring, and scaling of platform services
Adaptability, drive, and an efficiency mindset we believe these matter most in human-AI collaboration
5+ years as a software engineer with strong focus on backend systems and platform development
Deep experience with distributed systems and microservices, including building and maintaining APIs that serve multiple teams
Hands-on expertise with modern infrastructure AWS, Kafka, RabbitMQ, EKS, SQS, Lambda, Helm, Terraform, or Pulumi
TypeScript proficiency with Rust experience strongly preferred
Platform or core team background you've built infrastructure that supports multiple development teams, not just end-user features
Developer empathy you understand what makes engineers productive and can translate that into platform solutions
