Staff Platform Engineer

Join our growing team at Vetcove, and help us transform how veterinarians buy the supplies they need to keep America's pets healthy. Vetcove's eCommerce and mobile platforms enable veterinary practices to compare and buy from all of their vendors in one place. Our community of more than 17,000 veterinary hospitals employs tens of thousands of veterinarians, and delivers care to many millions of animals every year across all 50 states. We’re a growing team on a mission to modernize the $50B+ animal health industry. Simply put, Vetcove helps veterinary organizations spend more time giving care, and less time shopping and comparing across vendors to supply their practices. Vetcove is a Y Combinator and venture-backed growth stage company with notable investors in Silicon Valley and NYC. We're looking for exceptionally talented and passionate people to join our growing team. 

About the Position

Vetcove is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to lead critical initiatives that improve the reliability, performance, and velocity of our engineering systems. You'll own foundational components of our platform—particularly our database architecture, build pipelines, and application dependency management. You’ll work closely with engineering leadership to design scalable solutions that make our systems more resilient and our developers more productive.

This role sits at the heart of our technical infrastructure and engineering workflows. The robustness of our internal platforms directly influences the experience we deliver to our users. The systems you’ll own, from our continuous deployment pipelines to our database topologies, will impact every engineer on the team, and by extension, every veterinarian and pet parent who relies on Vetcove every day.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who thrives on owning core technical systems, enjoys writing Python to solve platform-wide challenges, and is motivated by the compounding impact of helping engineers move faster and more safely at scale.

What you'll do

Lead major database infrastructure efforts, including:

• Version upgrades (e.g. PostgreSQL), including code rewrites to address breaking changes

• Designing and maintaining replication and sharding strategies

• Provisioning and managing developer-facing databases with performance and isolation in mind

Modernize our application stack:

• Proactively identify outdated dependencies across services

• Own and execute upgrades of key frameworks, libraries, and SDKs

• Partner with product teams to coordinate and implement required code changes

Design and evolve CI/CD and QA pipelines:

• Own the architecture and implementation of our continuous delivery systems

• Drive improvements in test reliability, deployment safety, and system observability

• Ensure that environments and tooling scale with team growth and product complexity

Contribute directly to production code:

• You'll write and review Python code, especially in service of system upgrades or migrations

• Collaborate with product engineers to streamline integration of platform-level improvements

Mentor engineers and influence technical standards:

• Help set best practices for deployment, testing, and dependency management

• Serve as a go-to resource for high-impact refactors and cross-cutting initiatives

What we’re looking for

• 6+ years of experience in backend, platform, or infrastructure engineering roles

• Strong proficiency in Python and experience contributing to production applications

• Deep familiarity with PostgreSQL and managed database systems

• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and developer environments

• Pragmatic about tooling, automation, and systems trade-offs

• Bonus: Experience with Django, Redis, Postgres and/or sharding/replication patterns

• Clear communicator and technical leader, able to drive cross-functional initiatives

Benefits (Full Time Roles)

• 100% remote within the USA

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

• Automatic 401k contribution

• Employee referral program

• At home office set up

• Bi-annual company retreats

• Open vacation policy

• Equity

• Monthly team events

The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is: $115,000/year - $200,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations. For Colorado, the salary range is: $135,000 - $175,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. This salary range is a good faith estimate of what Vetcove may pay for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on skills, qualifications, and experience. The range reflects the base hourly rate or annual compensation (as applicable), and does not include bonus, equity or other incentives.

In addition to base compensation, Vetcove offers a comprehensive benefits
package. Please refer to the “Benefits (Full Time Roles)” section above for more
details.

To apply, please submit your application through Vetcove’s Careers Page. The application deadline is accepted on an on going basis.

Please note we are unable to sponsor work visas at this time.

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Vetcove is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status. We are dedicated to providing a work environment free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. If you require accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know and we will make every effort to accommodate your needs.