Campus
Senior Platform Engineer
🇺🇸 Hybrid - New York, NY
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $170K - $205K
💻 Software Engineering
🗓️ December 20th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Develop backend systems supporting admissions, financial aid, registrar workflows, and student experiences.
- Build and maintain data ingestion pipelines for analytics, product, and automation.
- Manage CI/CD and deployment workflows for backend, frontend, and mobile.
- Design and scale cloud infrastructure using GCP and Terraform.
- Enhance developer and data scientist experience via tools and internal automation.
- Collaborate with backend, mobile, data, and product teams to reduce friction and speed delivery.
- Strengthen security and compliance through access control, logging, secret management, and infrastructure hardening.
- Technical stack includes Go, Python, GCP, Terraform, Docker, GitHub Actions, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Kubernetes-like runtimes, Datadog, and PostHog.
- Required 5-10 years of experience in backend engineering, platform engineering, DevOps/SRE, or data engineering with strong Go skills and hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure and CI/CD tools.
- Compensation ranges from $170K to $205K base salary plus equity, along with medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k) match, fertility benefits, flexible time off, and hybrid work schedule.
Senior Platform Engineer Full Description
About Campus
Campus is on a mission to accelerate the talent of tomorrow and reimagine what college can (and should) be. The problem is clear: college costs have skyrocketed, but outcomes havenât. Traditional college hasnât kept up with the aspirations of todayâs studentsâand they canât afford to wait.
At Campus, weâve built a two-year, accredited college where students learn from top professors at universities like Princeton, Stanford, and Howard, in live, online classes. Our students graduate with in-demand business and AI skillsâready to launch their careers or transfer to top four-year universities. Our unique approach is grounded in a pioneering technology platform and a heavily-researched student success model that offers students dedicated advisors and on-demand tutoring and coaching. We were also named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2024.
Weâre backed by an exceptional investor team that believes deeply in our vision for the future of education, including General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Bloomberg Beta, 8VC, Rethink Education, Sam Altman, Jason Citron, Shaquille OâNeal, and others.
The world has changed. Higher ed needs to catch up, and weâre leading the way - come join us!
About the Role
Weâre building a world-class engineering organization, and this role is a foundational member of our Platform function. As a Senior Platform Engineer (Generalist), you'll work across backend services, cloud infrastructure, and data pipelines to ensure Campus can scale reliably, securely, and with high developer velocity.
This is a hybrid role spanning backend engineering, data engineering, and infrastructure. Youâll build backend systems, shape our data workflows, design infrastructure, maintain CI/CD, and create the internal tools that accelerate engineering. If you love owning systems end-to-end, improving developer experience, and solving technical problems that unlock product velocity, youâll thrive here.
Our stack includes GCP, Terraform, Docker, GitHub Actions, Go, Python, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Kubernetes-style runtimes, Datadog, and PostHog â but weâre open to new ideas and technologies that help us scale.
You're excited about this opportunity because you willâ¦
⢠Ship backend systems that power admissions, financial aid, registrar workflows, reporting, and real-time student experiences
⢠Build and maintain data pipelines and ingestion flows supporting analytics, product, and operational automation
⢠Own CI/CD and deployment workflows to ensure fast, reliable releases across backend, mobile, and frontend
⢠Design and scale our cloud infrastructure using GCP and Terraform
⢠Improve developer experience and data scientist experience â tools, environments, testing workflows, and internal automations
⢠Partner across engineering (backend, mobile, data, product) to accelerate delivery and reduce operational friction
⢠Strengthen security & compliance through better access control, audit-ready logging, secrets management, and hardened infrastructure
Why weâre excited about youâ¦
⢠You have 5â10 years of experience as a backend engineer, platform engineer, DevOps/SRE engineer, or data engineer
⢠Youâve built and maintained production services, pipelines, and cloud infrastructure at scale
⢠Youâre strong in Go and you design backend systems for reliability and clarity
⢠You have hands-on experience with GCP, Terraform, Docker, and CI/CD tooling
⢠You care deeply about reliability, performance, graceful degradation, and observability
⢠You have experience with data pipelines, warehouses, or operational data workflows
⢠Youâre curious and growth-oriented, always learning, improving, and raising the engineering bar
⢠You communicate clearly and work collaboratively with low ego
What youâll get:
A compensation package that includes a base salary ($170K - $205K) + equity grant
Actual compensation within the pay range will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, base salary will be localized.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) match
Fertility benefits via Carrot
Flexible Time Away + paid holidays
In-office lunches for our NY Office (did we mention, weâre dog friendly? ð¶)
Hybrid work schedule (Mon & Fri remote; Tues-Thurs in-office)
Social events - happy hours, birthday celebrations, holiday parties, & more!
Opportunity to make an impact â youâll be an integral player in bringing our vision to life
Where weâre located: Tribeca, NY
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer new H-1B visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must already be authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring new H-1B sponsorship. However, we can support H-1B transfers and are able to sponsor TN visas for eligible Canadian and Mexican citizens.
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