Remote Staff Platform Engineer

Description:

• Join Vetcove's growing team to transform how veterinarians purchase supplies for pet health.
• Vetcove's platforms allow veterinary practices to compare and buy from multiple vendors in one place.
• The company serves over 17,000 veterinary hospitals and millions of animals across the U.S.
• The Staff Platform Engineer will lead initiatives to enhance the reliability, performance, and velocity of engineering systems.
• Responsibilities include owning foundational components like database architecture, build pipelines, and application dependency management.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership to design scalable solutions that improve system resilience and developer productivity.
• The role impacts the experience delivered to users and supports veterinarians and pet parents relying on Vetcove.
• Ideal candidates will enjoy owning core technical systems and writing Python to solve platform-wide challenges.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 6+ years of experience in backend, platform, or infrastructure engineering roles.
• Strong proficiency in Python and experience contributing to production applications is required.
• Deep familiarity with PostgreSQL and managed database systems is essential.
• Experience in designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and developer environments is necessary.
• Candidates should be pragmatic about tooling, automation, and systems trade-offs.
• Bonus points for experience with Django, Redis, Postgres, and sharding/replication patterns.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to drive cross-functional initiatives are important.

Benefits:

• The position is 100% remote within the USA.
• Employees receive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• There is an automatic 401k contribution.
• An employee referral program is available.
• Vetcove provides support for at-home office setup.
• Employees can participate in bi-annual company retreats.
• There is an open vacation policy.
• Equity options are offered to employees.
• Monthly team events are organized for team building and engagement.