Airbyte
Senior Software Engineer, Platform
Remote Engineering role with clear candidate location fit.
PostedMay 8, 2026
Eligible countries1 accepted country
Seniority signalSenior
Work settingRemote
Accepted candidate locations
USA
Role overview
Senior Software Engineer, Platform
Requirements and responsibilities
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What You’ll Do:
- Improve and scale cloud data replication and job lifecycle systems as Airbyte Cloud grows.
- Automate platform operations across OSS, Enterprise, and Cloud: deployment validation, release qualification, environment testing.
- Build high-leverage internal tooling that helps the team ship connector and CDK changes faster.
- Develop AI-powered tooling for connector generation and incident response.
- Improve observability and debugging tools for both Airbyte engineers and customers.
- Collaborate across platform and cloud infrastructure on cross-cutting technical decisions.
- Mentor engineers through design reviews, pairing and technical feedback.
What You’ll Need:
- 7+ years of engineering experience (backend, platform, or distributed systems) with strong proficiency in JVM/Kotlin.
- Hands-on experience building/operating large scale distributed systems.
- Familiarity with orchestration frameworks (e.g. Temporal-style workflows).
- Experience running services using Kubernetes using Helm on major cloud providers.
- Systems-level thinking with an emphasis on performance, reliability, cost, and scalability.
- Comfortable with ambiguity, moving fast, and owning problems end-to-end.
Nice To Have:
- Experience with open-source platforms, especially in data integration or infrastructure tooling.
- Familiarity with Airbyte, CDKs, or connector-based architectures.
- Background in control plane / data plane architectures or internal developer platforms.
- Experience with AI/agent tooling frameworks (LangChain, Pydantic AI, or similar).
Location:
- Onsite 4 days/week in San Francisco, CA
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