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Storm3 lists this Platform Engineer opportunity in san francisco, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
About the Role
We’re looking for a Principal-level Platform Engineer to architect the next generation of our AI-powered learning ecosystem , including our Partner API platform, Connector services, and LearnOS plugin framework .
You'll lead core technical strategy for how external developers, enterprise partners, and AI agents (MCP + agentic frameworks) interact with the platform.
This is a high-impact, foundational role at the intersection of APIs, integrations, agent interoperability, and large-scale distributed systems .
Responsibilities
Architect and evolve a secure, scalable external API gateway
Build SDKs, tooling, and multi-tenant developer surfaces
Define long-term platform extensibility strategy
Design sandboxed plugin runtimes for real-time learning triggers
Architect participation in MCP and emerging agent ecosystems
Build APIs enabling agents to create study sets, track progress, trigger learning workflows, and operate autonomously
Security, Governance & Compliance
Implement rate limiting, permissions, auditability, and secure-by-default developer experiences
Partner with Legal & Trust/Safety on compliance and responsible platform access
Eventing, Data Exchange & Infra
Design pub/sub streams for syncing learning activity across internal and external systems
Enable consistent, real-time interactions across tools and integrations
Requirements
5+ years building large-scale API, developer platform, or integration ecosystems
Deep experience with API design, SDKs, plugin systems, multi-tenant architecture
Expertise with agent frameworks (MCP), protocol design, LLM/AI interoperability
Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes/containers, OAuth2, gRPC/REST, event‑driven infra
Strong security & privacy fundamentals
Proven ability to own architecture end‑to‑end and drive platform evolution at scale
Why Apply
Build foundational infrastructure behind a global learning platform used by 60M+ people
Work at the cutting edge of Generative AI, agentic systems, and adaptive learning
FAANG‑competitive comp: Total package up to ~$650k
High‑caliber team from top AI labs and platform orgs
Excellent health, dental, vision, 401k match, paid family leave
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
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Worksite address
san francisco, CA, 94199, US
Who can apply
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