Senior Platform Engineer

We believe that entrepreneurs are society's problem solvers. They see opportunities in complexities and drive us towards progress. Osome doesn't want entrepreneurs to be distracted from the important task of searching for the best solutions. By letting us handle all the routine tasks, entrepreneurs can focus on driving their business forward.

We're Osome - an international fintech startup making the lives of entrepreneurs easier. We help thousands of businesses kick admin, accounting and bookkeeping out of their day-to-day, so they can spend more time on what's important to them. We've developed a unique solution that combines SaaS with a human-in-the-loop approach to provide full-fledged services in real-time.

We're experiencing tremendous growth in both clients and team members. We have over 500 people in our global offices 🌎. We're looking for more bright minds who'd love to change the world by solving complex problems.

What you'll do :

⭐ Champion developer experience by designing and implementing tools, frameworks, and platforms that empower engineering teams to build, test, and deploy with confidence and efficiency.

⭐ Build and maintain internal developer platforms , including CI / CD pipelines, development environments, and self-service infrastructure tools that accelerate team productivity.

⭐ Design and implement highly typed systems using TypeScript across the entire stack, ensuring type safety, better IDE support, and reduced runtime errors.

⭐ Create comprehensive documentation for platform services, APIs, and development workflows, making complex systems accessible to both technical and product teams.

⭐ Architect and build end-to-end solutions from concept to production, demonstrating execution discipline through iterative development, testing, and deployment.

⭐ Lead serverless and cloud-native initiatives , leveraging AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and other managed services to build scalable, cost-effective platforms.

⭐ Develop reusable libraries and SDKs in TypeScript, providing consistent interfaces and reducing cognitive load for development teams.

⭐ Establish and enforce platform standards including code quality metrics, security policies, and architectural patterns across the organization.

⭐ Articulate technical vision and roadmap to stakeholders, translating platform capabilities into business value and development velocity improvements.

⭐ Mentor teams on platform best practices , conducting workshops, code reviews, and architecture discussions to elevate engineering capabilities.

⭐ Optimize developer workflows through automation, tooling improvements, and feedback loop acceleration, reducing time from code to production.

⭐ Build observability and monitoring solutions that provide actionable insights into platform health, performance, and developer productivity metrics.

Who you are :

⭐ 5+ years of platform engineering experience , with demonstrated success building developer platforms and internal tools that significantly improved engineering productivity.

⭐ Developer experience advocate with a track record of identifying and eliminating friction points in development workflows, passionate about making developers' lives easier.

⭐ Expert-level TypeScript proficiency , including advanced type systems, generics, conditional types, and building type-safe APIs and SDKs.

⭐ Strong fundamentals in developer experience , understanding build tools, testing frameworks, debugging workflows, and local development environments.

⭐ Proven ability to articulate technical direction , creating clear architectural decision records (ADRs) and presenting platform strategies to technical and non-technical audiences.

⭐ Exceptional documentation skills , able to write technical documentation, API references, onboarding guides, and architectural diagrams for diverse audiences.

⭐ Demonstrated execution discipline , with experience taking platform initiatives from ideation through implementation, deployment, and adoption at scale.

⭐ Deep expertise in cloud and serverless architectures , particularly AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, EventBridge, Step Functions, CDK / CloudFormation).

⭐ Experience with infrastructure as code using TypeScript-based tools like AWS CDK, Pulumi, or similar, treating infrastructure with the same rigor as application code.

⭐ Proficiency in containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) with focus on developer-friendly abstractions and self-service capabilities.

⭐ Strong background in API design , including GraphQL, REST, gRPC, and event-driven architectures, with emphasis on developer ergonomics.

⭐ Experience with mono-repo management and tooling (Nx, Turborepo, Rush), understanding the complexities of large-scale TypeScript codebases.

⭐ Track record of building platform teams , fostering a culture of innovation, reliability, and developer-centricity.

Our Benefits 🙌

Osome grows alongside you, but we already have a few perks :

⭐ The opportunity to join a goal-driven startup with big ambitions

⭐ The chance to join a growing, highly-skilled R&D team, and to help shape and define the way we work

⭐ An agile working model focused on goals and performance

⭐ Quarterly social events

⭐ Learning opportunities and mentorship from peers and leaders, including a yearly continuous professional development budget.

Equal Opportunity Statement

At OSOME, creating a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel comfortable really matters.

Everyone who applies will receive fair consideration for employment. We do not discriminate based upon race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying. We want to ensure that we represent the diversity of talent in the society we live in today.

If you have any accessibility requirements that would make you more comfortable during the application and interview process, please let us know so that we can support you.