Senior Software Engineer (Platform Core)
Pindrop · US - Remote; US-Remote
Posted about 3 months ago · Previously reposted
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Pindrop's roles stay open a median of 80 days
- Reposted
- Yes taken down and listed again at least once
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Pindrop's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Pindrop
- high 17 stale, 5 reposted of 18 open
- Hiring momentum
- 34 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-22
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Pindrop's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Pindrop.
About this role
As a Senior Software Engineer on Platform Core at Pindrop, you will be responsible for designing, building, testing, and operating backend services and APIs that support high-volume customer interactions. You will take ownership of platform work, improve system reliability and scalability, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver enhancements while maintaining production stability. Additionally, you will participate in incident response and raise engineering standards through mentorship and code reviews.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Pindrop as an employer.
What you need
- 5-7+ years of experience building backend services and APIs in production, or equivalent practical depth.
- Strong hands-on experience with Python and/or Go.
- Experience with distributed systems, concurrency, and cloud-native development on AWS and/or GCP using Kubernetes and Docker.
- Proven production ownership, including deploying, monitoring, troubleshooting, and participating in on-call for high-scale services.
- Strong experience with data and messaging technologies such as PostgreSQL or Aurora, Redis, and RabbitMQ, along with the ability to reason about reliability, performance, and scale tradeoffs.
Nice to have
- Experience with Redshift, Elasticsearch, DynamoDB, S3, Kinesis, or IAM.
- Experience with infrastructure as code, especially Terraform.
- Strong observability habits across metrics, logs, and traces.
- Experience scaling or migrating databases, including read replicas, cluster mode, or engine migrations.
What you get
- Competitive compensation package, including RSUs (Restricted Stock Units) for all employees.
- Remote-first environment with flexibility and autonomy.
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO).
- Generous health and welfare plans, including one employer-paid 'employee-only' plan.
- Best-in-class Health Savings Account (HSA) employer contribution.
- Low-cost vision and dental plans for you and your family.
Worth weighing
- No specific salary figure mentioned, only a range of $130,000 - $170,000 USD.
- Role involves significant on-call and incident response responsibilities, which may affect work-life balance.
- Expectations for mentorship and raising team standards may require additional time commitment.
Summarised from Pindrop's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Pindrop on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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