Staff Platform Engineer, Canada

Staff Platform Engineer, Canada Join to apply for the Staff Platform Engineer, Canada role at Ashby. Base Pay Range $173,000.00/yr - $326,000.00/yr About The Role And How We Work Hi 👋 I’m Colin, Head of EMEA Engineering. I’ve spent a number of years leading engineering teams in startups, and that has always included being close to infrastructure teams – no matter what name they’ve worn (SRE, infrastructure, platform, etc). I’ve built the initial infrastructure for startups and understand the value a talented infrastructure engineer brings. Ashby’s infrastructure is in a good place for now, but it’s not static. We grow rapidly, putting strain on our existing infrastructure, and we need new solutions to support new product features. As a Platform Engineer, you’ll dive into scaling problems, add new capabilities to our platform, and think about how our entire team interacts with infrastructure. All engineers own their projects end‑to‑end, ship with minimal oversight, and we trust engineers to make safety decisions with common sense. Our culture values personal and confidential data protection, and we are evolving as we scale. Responsibilities Optimize our homegrown ultra‑dynamic recruiting DSL‑to‑SQL compiler and create tools for developers. Create automated guardrails for the security and privacy of our customer data. Help our developers ship features fast through canary deploys, gradual rollouts, and feature flags while keeping complexity manageable and reducing downtime. Work with the business and engineering team to define SLOs and implement the corresponding SLIs. Ensure all communication with external services supports retries and circuit‑breakers. Implement the infrastructure to support an event‑driven architecture and data warehouse. You Should Apply If You never stop. You get obsessed with a problem that doesn’t yet make sense and investigate until the explanation dawns. You don’t take shortcuts. You speak up for the future user, the edge case, and the doomsday design. You’re someone who cares about what you do and the team you work with, and want to help others grow. You’ve built infrastructure at a slightly later stage than Ashby’s current stage and have experience with large‑scale data, automated provisioning, monitoring, and release processes. You’re a Swiss army knife. You’ll handle infrastructure updates, security enforcement, database optimization, Kubernetes debugging, and more. You Should Not Apply If You don’t want to decide the best path without managerial guidance. You must be comfortable shipping independently and owning outcomes. You hate SQL. We use SQL extensively for data insights. You don’t code. Our SREs are software engineers contributing code changes daily. You rely on live meetings to communicate best practices. We’re a very async culture; written communication and code are key. You’ve never delivered a project on your own without constant check‑in. You must manage scope and seek help proactively. Technology Stack TypeScript (frontend & backend), Node.js, React, Apollo GraphQL, Postgres, Redis. We use Datadog and Sentry on a 100% cloud‑based (AWS) infra. All engineers are on call in a follow‑the‑sun model and contribute to developer tooling. Interview Process Introduction call with Hiring Manager – 15 to 30 min. Technical screen where we pair in our codebase – 1 h. Three non‑coding interviews focusing on technical design, debugging incidents, and infrastructure – 3 h 15 min total (split across days). Depending on leadership bandwidth, an additional 30‑min recruiter screen may occur. Your First Three Months at Ashby You’ll immediately push a product change on day one, then tackle increasingly scoped features. Your manager will conduct 30‑, 60‑, and 90‑day reviews to calibrate and provide feedback. Benefits Competitive salary and equity. 10‑year exercise window for stock options. Unlimited PTO, encouraged to be taken. Minimum 12 weeks fully paid parental leave. Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget. $100/month education budget, with higher amounts approved by manager. For US employees: top‑tier health insurance with 100% premium coverage; for others, supplemental health insurance fully covered. Current location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Ashby provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities. Job Details Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level Employment type: Full‑time Job function: Engineering and Information Technology Industry: Software Development #J-18808-Ljbffr