Staff Platform Engineer/ AWS/ Python
Holmdel , New Jersey
Onsite
Full Time
$200k - $270k
This company is redefining the live fan experience. They’re mission is to transform the live event experience through technology. From navigating large venues more intuitively to enabling real-time interaction with the event. Their platform is designed to make attending games and shows more seamless, connected, and engaging.
They’re looking for a hands-on Principal AWS Platform Engineer to join the founding team. You’ll be the senior technical leader responsible for scaling and optimizing our serverless AWS infrastructure. This is a critical role with impact across architecture, deployment, and live platform performance. They experiment constantly and believe innovation happens best in person, so this is an on-site role in Holmdel, NJ.
Required Skills & Experience
The Offer
You will receive the following benefits:
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.
They’re looking for a hands-on Principal AWS Platform Engineer to join the founding team. You’ll be the senior technical leader responsible for scaling and optimizing our serverless AWS infrastructure. This is a critical role with impact across architecture, deployment, and live platform performance. They experiment constantly and believe innovation happens best in person, so this is an on-site role in Holmdel, NJ.
Required Skills & Experience
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including recent hands-on leadership
- Deep expertise in AWS architecture (especially Lambda, API Gateway, Fargate, RDS, DynamoDB)
- Strong Python development skills (this is a daily coding role)
- Experience working at scale (bonus if from trading, real-time systems, or similarly high-load environments)
- Strong infrastructure-as-code experience, ideally with CloudFormation
- Startup mindset: comfortable with ambiguity, ownership, and rapid change
- Lead the design, development, and evolution of AWS-based serverless platform
- Write and review high-quality Python code daily
- Build and maintain infrastructure using AWS Lambda, CloudFormation, RDS, DynamoDB, Fargate, and API Gateway
- Drive performance and scalability improvements to handle high-traffic, event-driven workloads
- Collaborate across product and engineering teams to bring new features to life
- Help shape platform security, observability, and operational excellence from the ground up
The Offer
You will receive the following benefits:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401K Retirement Savings Plan
- Free Snacks and Drinks, and Catered Lunch
- Free Gym Membership
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.