Senior/Lead Engineer, Platform

Alloy

Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$198,000–$250,000 / yr
Posted
42 days ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $183k
This role $224k
$132k most similar roles pay here $263k

This role pays more than 82% of similar roles. Most pay $145,000–$221,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $224k versus about $183k for comparable roles.

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About Alloy

Alloy is an identity decisioning platform that provides fraud prevention, compliance, and credit underwriting solutions for banks, credit unions, and fintechs to automate identity verification decisions. Industry: Financial Technology & Identity Verification

Alloy currently has 8 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $152,500–$180,000 across 8 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior/Lead Engineer, Platform

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As a Senior/Lead Platform Engineer at Alloy’s engineering team in Greenwich Village, NYC, you will architect and build backend systems using Node.js with TypeScript and Postgres, collaborating closely with Infra and SRE teams to ensure reliability and operational readiness. Your day-to-day involves driving platform-level initiatives such as improving data ingestion pipelines and reducing toil for the team, while also owning incident response and conducting blameless post-mortems. You will mentor junior engineers and make architectural decisions that enhance system performance and scalability. Ideal candidates have over 10 years of production software engineering experience with expertise in relational databases, analytical databases, cloud design, and observability. Experience with high-throughput data pipelines and event-driven systems is a plus, as is a strong ownership mindset and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Node.js TypeScript Postgres Cloud expertise Observability Data systems Relational databases Analytical databases Event-driven systems High-throughput data pipelines CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Architect and build backend systems from database design through API endpoints.
  • Collaborate with Infra and SRE teams on reliability, deployment, and production health.
  • Drive platform-level initiatives to improve data ingestion pipelines and reduce toil.
  • Own incident response and conduct blameless post-mortems for continuous improvement.
  • Mentor team members and make architectural tradeoffs that enhance system resilience.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of production software engineering experience with ownership of backend systems.
  • Strong expertise in Node.js (TypeScript preferred) and relational databases like Postgres.
  • Deep understanding of cloud architecture, including scalability, reliability, and cost optimization.
  • Proven ability to drive platform-level initiatives and improve team efficiency.
  • Experience in incident response, post-mortem analysis, and continuous improvement.
  • Technical depth in observability and data systems with a focus on performance and reliability.

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