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Lead Platform Engineer
Horizon Stack
📍 Remote (Global)
📅 Full-time
📁 Engineering
Posted: 2026-07-04

About the Role

Horizon Stack is a fast-growing technology company building engineering tools for modern teams. We are fully distributed and passionate about solving hard problems at scale. As a Lead Platform Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping our culture from anywhere in the world.

What You'll Do:
- Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident response efforts
- Contribute to engineering roadmap planning and sprint execution
- Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs
- Lead code reviews and mentor engineers across the team
- Identify and address technical debt to keep the codebase healthy

What We're Looking For:
- Strong organizational and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Experience leading and growing high-performing teams
- 7+ years of progressive experience in your field
- Deep expertise in your domain with a broad technical perspective

What We Offer:
- Competitive salary with equity or performance bonuses
- Flexible hours — we trust you to manage your time
- Annual learning and development budget ($1,500+)
- Fully remote — work from anywhere in the world
- Health, dental, and vision insurance (or stipend for international hires)

To apply, send your resume and a short note about why you are excited about this role. We review every application and respond within 5 business days.

Required Skills

PostgreSQLMongoDBRedisTerraformSwiftRust

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Salary Range
$160k-$200k
Per year • Remote