Fieldguide

Staff Software Engineer, App Platform

San Francisco, CA or Remote (USA) · Staff+

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 67 days ago

Distributed SystemsAWSCloud PlatformsKubernetesPlatform EngineeringLLMsAccountingCommunication

About the role

This is the platform on which every product surface and AI agent at Fieldguide is built.
You will operate as a technical leader across teams, defining standards and reducing complexity for product, AI, and infrastructure engineers.
Your work will directly shape how Fieldguide can ship quickly for our largest enterprise customers while keeping our systems reliable and scalable.

Lead the design and evolution of Fieldguide's core platform services, including the foundational systems, APIs, and shared primitives that every product surface and agent depends on
Build platform capabilities that compound the leverage of product and AI engineers, turning hard problems into reusable building blocks
Partner directly with product, design, and AI engineering leaders to understand customer needs and translate them into platform investments
Drive cross-team initiatives that improve product velocity, system reliability, and consistency across the application
Own the standards for service design, data modeling, and platform integration patterns used across Fieldguide
Maintain and evolve the internal developer platform that supports the team, including deployment tooling, and agentic engineering capabilities
Deep experience designing APIs, services, and shared systems that other engineers build on top of
Experience designing platforms that support both multi-tenant SaaS and single-tenant enterprise deployments
Lovable - Deliver happiness and 11-star experiences
Win-win - Create mutual value and earn trust for life

10+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant time spent building product-facing platforms or foundational application services
Strong product instincts and a track record of shipping platform capabilities that unlocked meaningful customer outcomes
Track record of operating as a technical leader across multiple teams without owning them directly
Strong software engineering fundamentals and the ability to contribute to and review complex codebases
Experience as a founding or early platform engineer at a vertical SaaS or enterprise AI company

Strong fluency with modern cloud platforms (AWS preferred), Kubernetes, and distributed systems

Competitive compensation with equity
Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
Flexible time off and work schedules
Wellness benefits starting on your first day
Excellent judgment on what to build into the platform, what to leave to product teams, and what to buy

Fieldguide is establishing a new state of trust for global commerce and capital markets by automating and streamlining the work of assurance and audit practitioners-specifically in cybersecurity, privacy, and financial audits. We build software for the people who enable trust between businesses.
We're based in San Francisco, CA, and built remote-first. We're backed by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Bessemer Venture Partners, 8VC, Floodgate, Y Combinator, and more. Over 50 of the top 100 accounting and consulting firms trust Fieldguide to power mission-critical work.
Fieldguide is establishing a new state of trust for global commerce and capital markets by automating and streamlining the work of assurance and audit practitioners-specifically in cybersecurity, privacy, and financial audits.
We build software for the people who enable trust between businesses.
We're based in San Francisco, CA, and built remote-first.
We're backed by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Bessemer Venture Partners, 8VC, Floodgate, Y Combinator, and more.
Over 50 of the top 100 accounting and consulting firms trust Fieldguide to power mission-critical work.

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