Platform Engineer - Remote

Overview

Knock is on a mission to help products communicate with their users in a more thoughtful way. Building product notifications in-house takes months, often leading to poor user experiences. We believe that—when done right—product notifications help users find value in the products they use every day. That’s why we built Knock.

We're a remote-first (with a NYC base) Series A startup of 25 employees that believe in the power of great software. We're APIs all the way down at Knock—Stripe for payments, Algolia for search, WorkOS for SSO. We're excited to add Knock to that list and to push forward the API-first movement. If you are, too, come join us and let's build something great together.

We’re backed by top investors and operators including Craft Ventures, Afore Capital, Preface Ventures, Worklife Capital, Guillermo Rauch (CEO/Founder @ Vercel), Scott Belsky (CPO @ Adobe), Adam Gross (CEO @ Heroku), and John Kodumal (CTO @ LaunchDarkly), to name a few.

In Short

• Join a small but growing platform engineering team.
• Design, build, and maintain infrastructure and services for product notifications.
• Contribute to scaling initiatives and product development.
• Work with a high degree of autonomy and decision-making authority.
• Collaborate with product engineering teams.
• Focus on measurable goals set by the CTO.
• Encourage diverse applicants from all backgrounds.
• Experience in large-scale production systems is preferred.
• Strong communication skills are essential.
• Work primarily with Elixir, Terraform, Kubernetes, and AWS.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Comfortable with modern backend stacks.
• Expertise in areas like databases, security, or dev tooling is a plus.
• Experience in high-growth startup environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

• Remote-first work environment.
• Access to AI tools and budget for LLM API spend.
• Inclusive and equitable company culture.
• Opportunity to work with a diverse team.
• High degree of autonomy in your role.