Senior/Staff Platform Software Engineer

We are looking for a full-time, remote Senior/Staff Platform Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience to join our U.S. client. The role focuses on designing, building, and evolving the foundational systems that power the products. We're looking for an experienced engineer with strong hands-on expertise in PHP and TypeScript (Angular) who can work with minimal oversight and deliver pragmatic, customer-focused solutions.

The ideal candidate is an engineer who already possesses deep technical expertise, architectural judgment, and product-oriented thinking — and can apply those skills immediately in a production environment.

Our client provides integrated software and marketing solutions for the hospitality industry, specializing in short-term rental management. Their platform provides vacation rental companies with an enterprise-class property management system integrating booking, guest communications, and financial reporting systems - all built with partner organization integrations in mind.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable platform services using PHP as a primary backend languag
• eBuild and maintain front-end systems using TypeScript and Angula
• rArchitect and evolve shared platform capabilities used across multiple products and team
• sTranslate product requirements into pragmatic, maintainable technical solution
• sApply Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles and architectural modeling to complex business domain
• sMake sound tradeoffs between ideal architecture and practical delivery timeline
• sBuild and integrate systems leveraging LLM-based tools to accelerate development workflow
• sDesign and implement features powered by LLMs and agent-based systems, including orchestration, evaluation, and observabilit
• yImprove engineering velocity through tooling, automation, and thoughtful system desig
• nCollaborate cross-functionally with product and design teams to ensure technical decisions align with customer need
• sContribute to cloud architecture decisions and ensure systems are scalable, secure, and cost-awar

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Required Experienc

• e Excellent English communication skil
• ls7+ years of professional software engineering experien
• ceDeep, production-grade experience with P
• HPStrong front-end development experience using TypeScript and Angul
• arExperience designing and operating distributed systems in producti
• onStrong understanding of API design, RESTful services, and event-driven systems, and solid knowledge of relational databases and data modeli
• ngPractical experience applying Domain-Driven Design (DDD) concepts and architectural models (layered architecture, hexagonal/clean architecture, event-driven architecture, etc
• .)Demonstrated ability to evolve legacy systems incremental
• lyAbility to design systems that balance correctness, scalability, cost, and delivery spe
• edHands-on experience deploying and operating systems in AWS, with familiarity with core AWS services (e.g., EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, API Gateway, CloudWatch, IAM) and a strong understanding of cloud-native patterns, scalability, reliability, and cost optimizati
• onExperience with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, CD
• K)Hands-on experience using LLM-based tools in daily development workflo
• wsExperience integrating LLM APIs into production syste
• msFamiliarity with prompt design, evaluation strategies, and reliability patter
• nsStrong product mindset with pragmatic decision-maker — prioritizes customer impact over theoretical purity and avoids dogmatic adherence to patterns or too
• lsExperience making technical tradeoffs in ambiguous environmen
• tsAbility to reason about cost, complexity, maintainability, and time-to-mark
• etHighly self-motivated and accountable, with the ability to drive initiatives independently from concept to production with minimal oversig
• htComfortable operating in environments with evolving requiremen

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Desired Experie

• nceExperience with other major cloud providers (GCP or Azure) is a p
• lusExperience defining platform strategy or technical direction across te
• amsExperience building features or internal tools powered by LLM agents, including orchestration, tool use, guardrails, and monitor
• ingExperience mentoring engineers and raising overall engineering standa
• rdsProven track record of modernizing systems at sc
• aleExperience designing developer platforms or internal tooling ecosyst
• emsStrong opinions loosely held — able to debate rigorously and adapt when new information emer

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Additional Informa

• tionKnowing your ideas are heard and matter, think
• big!You get to own your job and be recognized for your contribut
• ionsWork with smart and creative pe
• opleMaking mistakes is human. Let's learn from them. Be transpar
• ent!We recognize you as an individual, with no presumptions or judgment. Be the extraordinary
• you!15 days Paid Time Off (PTO), 1 floating day, 3 sick days, and designated national holi
• daysStart:

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About Velo

zientWe are a privately held, nearshore software development company providing outsourced development resources to North American companies. Our mission is to offer development talent who enjoy taking on challenging work, want to grow their skills and experiences building software, and excel in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment. We are focused on providing world-class remote resources to work as valued client team members. If this type of opportunity excites you, then consider joining our

team!