Staff Platform Engineer at OpenSea | Torre

Staff Platform Engineer

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Full-time

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USD190k - 345k/year
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Remote (for United States residents)
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30 days ago

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OpenSea is building the gateway to the onchain economy - a rich world of communities, assets & creative expression uniquely possible with native digital ownership.We are building the highest-leverage, most AI-native team in crypto.We're looking for a highly skilled, curious, and self-driven Staff Platform Engineer to help build the technical foundations that power OpenSea.In this role, you'll design and evolve the platform, services, and infrastructure that enable our engineering teams to build, deploy, and operate products quickly, reliably, and at scale.You'll partner closely with product engineers to improve developer experience, system performance, and operational excellence while helping evolve the AI-enabled workflows, engineering systems, and technical foundations that make our entire team more effective builders.ResponsibilitiesDesign, build, and evolve the platform services, infrastructure, and internal tooling that power OpenSea's productsOwn complex technical systems from definition through implementation, balancing scalability, reliability, maintainability, and developer experienceBring best-in-class observability, monitoring and alerting to all of the systems at OpenSeaMaintain and improve AI skills & tools to make our systems more accessible, introspectable and easy to contribute toAccelerate and expand CI coverage to improve correctness and AI verifiabilityPartner closely with product teams to accelerate build & deployment of critical products (where your agents can't yet!)Build and ship high-quality, reliable software leveraging AI, modern development tools, and strong engineering judgmentRequirements7+ years of software engineering experience building large-scale backend or platform systemsStrong fluency in JVM languages such as Kotlin or JavaExperience designing and operating distributed systems, backend services, and modern cloud infrastructureStrong understanding of platform engineering principles, developer tooling, CI/CD, observability, and operational best practicesDemonstrated ability to own complex, ambiguous technical problems and deliver thoughtful, scalable solutionsExcitement for making independent technical decisions balancing reliability, scalability, performance, and long-term maintainabilityExperience leveraging AI tools and workflows to improve engineering quality, efficiency, and team effectivenessPassion for Web3, digital ownership, AI, or other emerging technologiesThe base salary for this full-time position ranges from $190,000 to $345,000 USD for candidates based in the United States and $161,500 to $293,250 USD for candidates based in the European Union, plus benefits & equity. Compensation for candidates based outside of the US and EU will vary to reflect local market conditions.Benefits & PerksHealth Benefits: We cover 100% Dental/Vision/Medical for employees and 90% for dependentsFlexible Time Off Policy: Our flexible time off policy is aimed at letting our employees take as much time off as they'd like to refresh so long as it doesn't interfere with their ability to meet their goals and contribute effectively to company velocityParental Leave: 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Bonding & up to 8 additional weeks for the birthing parentMental Health: We offer access to Spring Health, covering 8 therapy & 8 coaching sessions per year11 Company HolidaysFidelity 401K PlanInternet/Mobile Reimbursement PlanReimbursement or Monthly Snack Delivery✈ Company & Team retreats to get together for fun and collaboration☕ Team Member Co-Working and Gathering ExpenseMacBook Pro & WFH Stipend to make sure you are set up for successWeekly $50 Uber Eats credit