Lead Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

📋 Description

• Lead technical direction for core platform services across Klaviyo
• Own design and evolution of foundational platform primitives (infrastructure, databases, queuing)
• Drive cross-team initiatives to improve availability, scalability, latency, and cost-efficiency
• Mentor engineers and raise engineering craft across Platform Engineering
• Partner with security and product engineering leaders on platform initiatives
• Champion best practices: design reviews, configuration as code, defensive programming

🎯 Requirements

• BA/BS in CS or equivalent experience; 10+ years in distributed systems
• Strong production software experience in Python and/or Go
• Cloud-native with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform) and Kubernetes
• Linux networking and debugging production systems
• Experience with API gateways, observability, asynchronous processing, or DB/storage platforms
• Proven ability to own cross-team platform initiatives end-to-end

🎁 Benefits

• AI fluency and responsible AI guidelines integrated into the role
• Competitive base pay plus annual bonus/equity and comprehensive benefits
• Relocation support and visa considerations where applicable