Staff Engineer - Platform

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Torch is a company dedicated to fostering leadership and organizational growth through strategic, personalized coaching solutions. They offer expertly designed programs, utilizing a vetted community of top coaches to deliver high-impact skill development for organizations and individuals. Torch specializes in enhancing leadership skills, supporting high-potential employees, and facilitating organizational transformation with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Their coaching is backed by behavioral science to deliver measurable results, helping organizations achieve higher employee retention, performance, and promotion rates. Torch's platform and resources aim to create a ripple effect of growth across organizations, evidenced by successful partnerships with leading brands like Reddit.

Leadership Development • Executive Coaching • SaaS • Leadership Coaching • People Development

201 - 500 employees

🤝 B2B

📚 Education

👥 HR Tech

📋 Description

• ABOUT TORCH • At Torch, we believe in the power of people. People are the heart of every success story. They collaborate to achieve ambitious things together. And they inspire others to build a better future. • We believe leadership is about driving change, not just managing it. Our coaching adapts to the organization's needs, empowering leaders to tackle today’s challenges—whether navigating AI, strengthening teams, or inspiring innovation. We focus on creating a lasting impact from day one, preparing organizations for the future. • OUR VALUES • All Torch employees are expected to reflect and enhance our company values. Click here to see a detailed list of our values. • The future is bright – We are reimagining leadership and leaning into our strengths to bring it to life • Pass the torch – Leadership is about developing others, embracing new ideas, and sharing knowledge • No one succeeds alone – We multiply our efforts by trusting each other and welcoming diverse perspectives • Change is our catalyst – We embrace change, move with speed, and shape it into something great • Lead from the inside out – Self-awareness fuels growth—personally and as leaders • THE TEAM • At Torch, we are looking for a talented Staff Engineer with deep expertise in Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and developer tooling to join our Platform Team. • As a Staff Engineer, you will be a central player in driving the technical architecture, design, and implementation of our cloud platform & developer tooling, working to ensure that our teams of fully remote engineers and quality engineers (QEs) are happy and well supported with top notch infrastructure and tooling. This is a very hands-on role, requiring strong technical expertise and execution skills to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions. • This role requires an engineer with a leadership mindset and is a key contributor to a culture of innovation, precision, and collaboration. The ideal candidate will bring both technical expertise and a creative problem solving orientation, driving themselves & their teammates to deliver results that align with Torch's overarching goals of growth and customer satisfaction. • Please note we are only accepting US-based applicants at this time.

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with a degree in Computer Science or another STEM field. • 5+ years of experience in a senior engineering role. • 5+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience (AWS EKS preferred), including workload scaling, cluster management, and autoscaling solutions (Karpenter, HPA preferred). • Experience with AWS Lambda, Istio (or similar service mesh technologies) or KEDA is a plus but not required. • Mastery of infrastructure-as-code techniques - preferably Helm and AWS CDK. • Proficiency with Git and modern CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions preferred). • Strong understanding of distributed application design patterns and asynchronous application models for building scalable and resilient systems. • Knowledge of scaling methodologies, ensuring high-quality, performant systems that are cost optimized. • Strong security mindset, with an understanding of data protection regulations, authentication, authorization, and secure coding best practices.

🏖️ Benefits

• Generous Benefits – 401K, health insurance (medical, life and disability insurance, 16 weeks paid parental leave, and your own Torch coach) • Impactful Mission-Driven Work – Help empower a new generation of leaders to evolve as fast as the world around them • A Team Who Walks The Walk – We understand coaching's transformative power firsthand and our internal practices are shaped by the same leadership principles we champion • Remote-First Culture – Work from anywhere in the U.S., remote workstation stipend, unlimited FlexTime • Competitive Compensation – Salary range of $160,000 - $200,000, plus equity options