[Remote] Staff Engineer, Platform
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Tamnoon is an AI-forward engineering organization seeking a hands-on Staff Engineer to define and drive the technical architecture of their platform. The role involves designing, building, and implementing critical platform capabilities, while serving as a technical leader and collaborating with various teams to deliver scalable and secure solutions.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the architectural vision for Tamnoon's platform
- Design scalable, secure, and resilient distributed systems
- Build and evolve cloud-native services using AWS, Kubernetes, serverless technologies, and event-driven architectures
- Own identity and access architecture, including IAM, federation, and cross-account access patterns
- Design secure integrations with cloud providers, security tools, ticketing systems, and external platforms
- Lead technical design reviews and establish engineering best practices
- Mentor engineers and influence technical direction across the organization
Skills
- 8+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale backend and distributed systems in cloud-native environments
- Strong expertise in Python and Node (TypeScript), with a proven track record of delivering production-grade services and platforms
- Deep experience with AWS, including services such as Lambda, IAM, Cognito, Secrets Manager, AWS Batch, Glue, Athena, EKS, and other cloud-native technologies, with a strong understanding of security, scalability, and operational best practices
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and implementing Infrastructure as Code using modern automation frameworks and tools
- Experience designing and implementing authentication, authorization, identity management, and cloud security solutions, including AWS Cognito and IAM-based access controls
- Proven ability to define technical architecture, evaluate trade-offs, and drive platform and infrastructure decisions that support long-term business and engineering goals
- Fluency with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot. You leverage AI to accelerate development and problem-solving while applying sound engineering judgment and maintaining high standards for quality, security, and correctness
- A hands-on mindset with a passion for building. You are comfortable operating as both an architect and an individual contributor, leading through technical execution and example
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence technical direction and drive alignment across Engineering, Product, Security, and leadership teams
- Java and Spring Boot
- AWS CodeBuild and CodePipeline
- Experience building and optimizing data using AWS Glue and Athena
- Identity federation and OIDC experience
- Multi-tenant SaaS platforms
- Cloud security or security product experience
- Large-scale data pipelines and analytics platforms
Benefits
- Flexible PTO, paid sick days, and paid parental leave
- 401k plan
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance 6% coverage for all employees
- Health savings and flexible spending accounts
- Remote First Community
- Training and career development programs
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