Staff Software Engineer, Platform

Cantina Labs is a social AI company, developing advanced real-time models that enhance storytelling and creativity. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Platform Team, you will build scalable components and improve the developer experience to support product growth.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build core services and product platform components, such as entities and relationship systems, to be used across the engineering organization
• Develop and maintain search infrastructure, including search indexes and relevance systems
• Oversee DevOps initiatives, managing AWS usage, Terraform configurations, infrastructure upgrades, and platform observability to ensure stability and scalability
• Own and continuously improve the developer experience by optimizing the backend repository and Go stack to increase iteration speed
• Provide consulting and mentorship to other engineering teams, promoting best practices and guiding the adoption of new platform technologies

Requirements:

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on building foundation-level platform services and infrastructure
• Extensive experience with AWS, Terraform, and infrastructure-as-code for managing large-scale distributed systems
• Deep proficiency in Go and backend architectures, with a focus on creating reusable frameworks and tools
• Strong understanding of developer productivity metrics and experience improving internal iteration cycles for engineering teams
• Experience with search infrastructure, indexing strategies, and observability platforms
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to lead cross-cutting initiatives and consult on architectural decisions