Senior Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

<div class="content-intro"><p><em>At Klaviyo, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives each Klaviyo (we call ourselves Klaviyos) brings to our workplace each and every day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements. If you’re a close but not exact match with the description, we hope you’ll still consider applying. Want to learn more about life at Klaviyo? Visit <a class="_ymio1r31 _ypr0glyw _zcxs1o36 _mizu194a _1ah3dkaa _ra3xnqa1 _128mdkaa _1cvmnqa1 _4davt94y _4bfu18uv _1hms8stv _ajmmnqa1 _vchhusvi _kqswh2mm _ect4ttxp _syaz13af _1a3b18uv _4fpr8stv _5goinqa1 _f8pj13af _9oik18uv _1bnxglyw _jf4cnqa1 _30l313af _1nrm18uv _c2waglyw _1iohnqa1 _9h8h12zz _10531ra0 _1ien1ra0 _n0fx1ra0 _1vhv17z1" href="http://klaviyo.com/careers" data-renderer-mark="true">klaviyo.com/careers</a> to see how we empower creators to own their own destiny.</em></p></div><p>The mission of the Platform Engineering team is to provide infrastructure primitives, platforms, tooling, and guidance to Klaviyo engineering. This role will specifically focus on our core platform services and developer experience.</p> <p>As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll work on crafting a paved path for product teams to manage their services and applications. You will own the design and development of foundational platform services that enable Klaviyo's engineering teams to move faster with confidence. This role will be required to be in office 5x a week.</p> <h4><strong>How you will make a difference:</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Ship foundational services to enable Klaviyo engineering to move faster with confidence.</li> <li>Build a deep understanding of engineering needs across the organization, guiding the design and development of appropriate platform primitives (Infra, Databases, Queuing, etc), that align with the platform's vision and practically empower product teams.</li> <li>Design, develop, and deliver software to dramatically improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Klaviyo's core platforms, helping teams to better serve customers and meet their SLOs</li> <li>Design and develop systems and processes that enable highly available and scalable applications.</li> <li>Leverage technology such as Python, Go, AWS, and Kubernetes to advance Klaviyo's platform.</li> <li>Mentor and pair with other Klaviyo engineers to build better software by focusing on performance, self-healing systems, configuration as code, and defensive programming.</li> </ul> <h4><strong>Who You Are:</strong></h4> <ul> <li>BA or BS Degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent experience.</li> <li>5+ years of responsibility operating and scaling complex distributed systems.</li> <li>Experience working in a cloud-native environment.</li> <li>Proven experience developing applications in Python and Go.</li> <li>Experience in operating Kubernetes at scale.</li> <li>Experience with Terraform.</li> <li>Fundamental understanding of Linux and all layers of the networking stack.</li> <li>Experience in a subset of platform-related areas such as Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, API gateways & traffic management, observability, or asynchronous processing tooling.</li> <li>You’ve already experimented with AI in work or personal projects, and you’re excited to dive in and learn fast. You’re hungry to responsibly explore new AI tools and workflows, finding ways to make your work smarter and more efficient.</li> </ul> <p> </p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description">&l