Staff Platform Engineer, PartnerStack
Partner relationship management platform
Job no longer available
Partner relationship management platform
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To change the way companies reach customers through channel sales.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- Proven experience as a Platform Engineer or similar role, preferably in a SaaS environment
- Strong understanding of SaaS principles, architectures, and best practices
- Expertise in designing and implementing highly scalable and reliable platform solutions using modern technologies and frameworks
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or JavaScript
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Solid understanding of containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform)
- Experience with relational databases and data modeling
- Knowledge of security best practices and experience implementing security controls in a SaaS environment
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to analyze complex technical issues and provide effective solutions
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
What the job involves
- As a technical leader, you’ll work cross-functionally to establish mature patterns, increase adoption, share knowledge, and demonstrate the value of platform engineering practices
- Platform Architecture and Design: Design and develop robust, scalable, and secure platform solutions that support high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability requirements
- Technology Evaluation: Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies, tools, and industry trends related to SaaS platforms. Evaluate and recommend suitable technologies to enhance the performance, reliability, and efficiency of our platform
- Platform Development: Lead the development and implementation of new features and functionality on our SaaS platform. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software engineers, product managers, designers, and go-to-market teams, to ensure seamless integration and efficient delivery of new features
- Developer Experience: Advocate for developer experience and productivity by designing and implementing developer-friendly tools, frameworks, and APIs. Streamline the development process, improve code quality, and promote best practices within the engineering team
- Network Dynamics: Possess a deep understanding of network market dynamics and their impact on SaaS platforms
- Performance Optimization: Identify and address performance bottlenecks and scalability challenges within the platform. Optimize platform components, database schemas, and infrastructure configurations to achieve optimal performance and resource utilization
- Security and Compliance: Implement robust security measures and best practices to protect customer data and ensure compliance with relevant industry regulations and standards (i.e. SOC 2 Type 2)
- Documentation and Knowledge Sharing: Create comprehensive documentation, including architectural designs, technical specifications, and operational guidelines. Share knowledge and mentor junior team members to foster a culture of continuous learning and professional growth
- Troubleshooting and Issue Resolution: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to investigate and resolve complex platform issues. Provide timely and effective resolutions to maintain the platform's reliability and uptime
Our take
The benefits of having a partner program are huge - from increased sales growth to reaching new markets, all while keeping ucstomer acquisition cost efficient. When PartnerStack launched, there were no Partner Relationship Management (PRM) platforms offering integrated partner payouts, automated communications, multi-conversion tracking, or the ability to manage multiple partner programs in one place.
PartnerStack was built to fill that gap, creating a partnership platform specifically designed to help B2B SaaS Companies, build, manage, and scale their parnter ecosystem. As one of the few PRM platforms purpose-built for this segment, it has gained strong traction, with customer including Asana, Intuit and Freshworks.
Like many high-growth tech companies, PartnerStakc faced broader market headwinds during 2022/2023 and made strategic adjustments to its workforce. Those changes have positioned the company to operate more eficiently and sustainably, with a cleaer focus on long-term growth. With partnerships continuing to rise as a key revenue channel for SaaS businesses, PartnerStack remains in a good position to capitalize on this structural shift in go-to-market strategy.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2021
$29m
SERIES B
May 2019
$7.2m
SERIES A
Total funding: $38.5m
Company HQ
Wellington Place, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Bryn Jones
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously, Bryn was a National Team Athlete of Canada for the swimming category.
Luke Swanek
(Co-Founder)Previously, Luke co-founded Pod. He also worked in Business Development at Peter's Players and Economic Development at Nipissing University.
Jordan Lutes
(CTO)Prior to joining PartnerStack in 2022, Jordan spent 11 years at Salesforce as a Director, then Senior, then VP of Software Engineering.
Tyler Calder
(CMO)Tyler joined PartnerStack in 2020 as a VP of Marketing (Fractional), he then moved into the role of SVP of Marketing in the same year and then CMO in 2024. He is also a B2B Marketing & Search Engine Marketing Instructor at the University of Toronto.
Nick Vaney
(CFO)Previously, Nick was an Executive VP and CFO at Ethoca and Empathica. He also spent 4 years at Nightingale Informatix as CFO, CSO and VP of Operations and over 7 years at Accenture as a Manager of Strategy and Business Architecture Group.
Mike Head
(CRO)Previously, Mike was the CRO at impact.com and Thanx. He also served as a Chief Partnerships Officer at Impact and as COO at SBclick.
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