Software Engineer - Platform at Authentic
New York, NY
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Jul 25, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 26, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-level platform engineering role focused on building and maintaining the infrastructure that underpins a program insurance technology platform. Day-to-day work involves designing distributed systems, improving reliability and observability across the stack, and developing internal tooling that helps engineering teams move faster. Suits engineers with hands-on production experience in Python or Go and familiarity with AWS and infrastructure-as-code.
Mid level · 3+ years · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (4)
The role title is simply an implied platform/infrastructure engineer with no explicit seniority label; 3–5 years of experience and the scope (collaborating with senior engineers, iterating on existing tooling) support a Mid-level classification rather than Senior.
Python and Go are listed as interchangeable options for building distributed systems ('Python or Go'); Python is emitted as the primary with Go as an alternative.
AWS is listed alongside 'infrastructure-as-code' and 'deployment best practices' under the Experience section — all treated as hard gates. The JD says 'AWS' specifically but the qualifier 'or similar' is not used, so no alternatives are strictly implied; common cloud alternatives (Azure, GCP) are noted in alternatives as reasonable substitutes a hiring manager might accept.
Compensation is described only as 'competitive salary and equity' with no figures provided.
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