engineering
Posted 6 days agoStaff Software Engineer, App Platform
at Fieldguide
San Francisco, United StatesRemote
Requirements
- This is the platform on which every product surface and AI agent at Fieldguide is built.
- You will operate as a technical leader across teams, defining standards and reducing complexity for product, AI, and infrastructure engineers.
- WHAT YOU’LL OWN - Lead the design and evolution of Fieldguide's core platform services, including the foundational systems, APIs, and shared primitives that every product surface and agent depends on - Build platform capabilities that compound the leverage of product and AI engineers, turning hard problems into reusable building blocks - Define the architecture for how new product capabilities get delivered across our SaaS, enterprise single-tenant, and government-cloud environments - Partner directly with
- experience in software engineering, with significant time spent building product-facing platforms or foundational application services - Strong product instincts and a track record of shipping platform capabilities that unlocked meaningful customer outcomes - Deep
- experience designing APIs, services, and shared systems that other engineers build on top of - Strong fluency with modern cloud platforms (AWS preferred), Kubernetes, and distributed systems - Track record of operating as a technical leader across multiple teams without owning them directly - Excellent judgment on what to build into the platform, what to leave to product teams, and what to buy - Strong software engineering fundamentals and the ability to contribute to and review complex codebases - BONUS
- Experience building platforms that power AI-native products, including agent frameworks, model orchestration, or LLM-powered application surfaces -
- Experience as a founding or early platform engineer at a vertical SaaS or enterprise AI company
Benefits
- BENEFITS - Competitive compensation with equity - Comprehensive health and wellness
- benefits - Flexible time off and work schedules - Technology reimbursements - 401(k) plan - Twice-yearly in-person offsites across the U.S. - Wellness
Additional details
- ABOUT THE ROLE As a Staff Platform Engineer at Fieldguide, you will design and build the foundational platform that powers Fieldguide, including core platform services and tooling that make it fast, safe, and consistent to deliver new capabilities to customers.