Staff Platform Engineer, Forge
$215-225k
+ Bonus & equity
1-2 days a week in office
Stock market for private companies
Job no longer available
Stock market for private companies
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$215-225k
+ Bonus & equity
1-2 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To power an accessible, liquid , and transparent private market.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent years of working experience as a Software Engineer
- 6+ years of software engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps experience
- Experience with containers and container orchestration platforms (Docker, Compose, Kubernetes, etc.)
- Experience with one or more CI/CD toolchains such as GitHub, CircleCI, Jenkins, etc
- Advanced knowledge of public cloud platforms with proven experience with AWS
- Experience developing production applications with a range of programming languages
- Experience with various scripting languages (shell, bash, etc.)
- Experience developing multi-tier distributed web applications using modern techniques
- Experience with one or more configuration management and infrastructure automation tools such as Puppet, Ansible or Terraform
- Experience with log analysis tools such as Splunk, Datadog, Honeycomb or ELK stack
- Must be able to sit and/or stand for long periods of time in an at home/office setting while working
- The ideal candidate thrives in team settings, enjoys pair programming, and focuses on delivering value
Desirable
- Experience building application frameworks in .NET Core or Java
- Experience developing single page applications in React
- Fintech or Financial services industry experience with working knowledge of financial regulators and their concerns. Working knowledge of the private capital market highly desired
- Experience at high-growth, venture-backed startups
- Advanced knowledge of Postgres database administration
- Cloud based network administration
What the job involves
- Our Platform Engineering team’s mission is to engineer best-in-class platforms and developer experiences that increase system performance and maximize developer productivity
- Expectations of the role include engineering scalable cloud native solutions, efficient developer toolchains that work anywhere (localhost, remote, cloud), core services, automated developer onboarding, automated infrastructure, CI/CD, and secure supply chain
- Design, implement, and maintain containerized systems and toolchains that power development environments and run responsive and reliable full-stack web applications
- Build and strengthen developer environment, application frameworks, and CI/CD scripts that support a myriad of platforms and technologies
- Work with developers, architects, and tech leads to arrive at solutions that improve the developer experience and ensure platform health and adoption
- Engage with development teams across the company to evangelize platform capabilities, best practices, and adoption
- Develop concise, articulate, and detailed technical documentation
- Leverage Agile and Lean practices as part of a team
- Participate in analysis/research, refine technical requirements, and execute assigned work items
- Design, build and maintain application infrastructure using infrastructure as code
- Support healthy system operations and ensure high levels of availability are achieved through observability and continuous improvement
Our take
Corporate stock options are a competitive advantage for companies wishing to attract and motivate top talent. The option of early liquidity proves to be an enticement, especially when startups tend to postpone going public for so long.
Forge offers companies, their employees, investors, and institutions a means of selling their shares in a pre-IPO stock market, allowing private shares to be traded as freely as public company shares. Forge aims to standardize and bring speed to trades in the private market.
Big rivals include Carta and the Nasdaq Private Market, while others such as EquityZen, Zanbato, and Industry Ventures also pose threats. To strengthen its position in this bustling marketplace, Forge is focused on partnerships and new products; launching products such as Forge Intelligence, its first data product, and Forge Company Solutions. The company is also expanding its global reach through partnerships with Wells Fargo Securities and Deutsche Börse.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2021
$150m
LATE VC
Jan 2019
$35m
SERIES B
Total funding: $238.5m
Company benefits
- Health and wellness: Medical, dental, and vision are available to all employees.
- Smart savings: 401k plan, life insurance, HSA and FSA, and pre-tax mass transit and parking benefits.
- Ownership: Equity is offered to all qualifying employees.
- Life balance: New parent leave and generous time off.
- We grow with you : We encourage and support your growth through education, training, and mentorship.
- Relationship building: Team lunches, employee interest groups, and company celebrations.
- Community and culture: Employee-led resource groups, volunteering, and community service.
- Rewards and recognition: Continuous recognition of our employees’ milestones, wins, and hard work.
- Food and snacks: Healthy snacks, drinks, and weekly lunches when in the office.
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Kelly Rodriques
(CEO)Former CEO of Pensco and Founder of Operative Capital. Previous Operating Partner with Ignition Growth Capital and CEO of Blowtorch Entertainment. Successfully started and co-invested with accomplished venture capitalists in early-stage technology companies. Serves as a board member and advisor to several growth companies in technology-enabled service sectors.
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