Platform Software Engineer

Conversion4 months ago
San Francisco, CA, United States
On-site
Full-time
Junior Level (1-3 years)

Job Description

Position Overview

Conversion is building the AI-native marketing automation platform for modern software companies. Our platform handles gigabytes of data syncs per customer, coordinates complex workflows for mission-critical go‑to‑market processes, and delivers high‑volume emails reliably. With **over $28M in funding** and a rapidly growing customer base of 4000+, we’re a lean, high‐performing team based in San Francisco looking for top technical talent to push the boundaries of marketing automation.

This is an in‑person role (5 days/week in San Francisco) where you’ll join our engineering team to design, build, and optimize our state‑of‑the‑art platform.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable platform features to handle large-scale data syncs and complex workflows.
  • Collaborate with product engineers to empower feature development and unlock customer potential.
  • Optimize system performance by balancing infrastructural changes with cost and benefit tradeoffs.
  • Ensure reliability for mission-critical processes such as form submissions that generate revenue and high-volume email delivery.

Required Qualifications

  • Experience building cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and platform features at fast-growing companies.
  • Familiarity with our tech stack: Golang (backend), a job queuing system with Kafka, PostgreSQL, and cloud hosting with GCP.
  • Demonstrated ability as an engineer multiplier—empowering fellow engineers to build impactful features.
  • Strong analytical skills with a pragmatic optimization mindset, ensuring the right tradeoffs are made.
  • Willingness to work in‑person 5 days/week in San Francisco.

Preferred Qualifications

  • A passion for developer tooling and innovative technical projects.
  • A proven track record with side projects, hackathons, or creative technical challenges.

Benefits & Perks

  • Compensation competitive with attractive equity opportunities.
  • Collaborate with an elite team featuring talent from Airbnb, Palantir, Pinterest, Shopify, Microsoft, and more.
  • Work on cutting‑edge AI and marketing automation technologies.
  • Be part of a fast-growing startup with significant impact and growth potential.

Required Skills

GCP
Kafka
Team Collaboration
Developer Tooling
PostgreSQL
Cloud Infrastructure
DevOps
System Optimization
Platform Engineering
Golang