About Daydream

Daydream is a dynamic and innovative fashion technology startup poised to revolutionize the industry. Backed by substantial funding, we blend cutting-edge AI technology with the largest fashion catalog to create unique experiences for our customers. Our team is driven by creativity, passion, and a commitment to shaping the future of shopping.

About the role

As a Staff Platform Engineer at Daydream, you will help transform shopping online with excellence in AI-powered engineering, systems, and products. This role requires a unique blend of strong software engineering skills, enablement through visionary platform choices, innovative problem solving, and an intense focus on delivering a great experience for the user. You’ll drive systems reliability, implementation of robust CI/CD solutions, optimize cloud deployment strategies, and lead the development of our platform engineering practice. In addition, you’ll partner with product and other engineering teams to bring cutting-edge AI solutions to life.

What you’ll do:

• Platform

  • Shape and implement platform strategy, observability, and accelerate engineering practice

  • Develop a comprehensive vision and roadmap for the platform that Daydream uses to develop AI-powered products and services

  • Empower engineers with self-service infrastructure tools and processes

  • Mentor and build the platform engineering team as we scale

• Monitor

  • Build continuous monitoring of system and product performance

  • Develop automated pipelines to keep products up to date

  • Troubleshoot and debug issues in production systems

  • Build company skill in incident management

• Production

  • Automate repetitive work, and enable rapid experimentation

  • Design, develop, and manage CI/CD processes on GitHub and ArgoCD.

  • Build, deploy, and optimize production-ready, scalable backend, data, and ML services to Google Kubernetes Engine and manage infrastructure on Google Cloud and other third party services

  • Utilize Terraform for reliable resource configuration and procurement

• Collaborate

  • Work closely with the team to deliver innovative AI/ML product experiences

  • Partner with product managers to translate business requirements and user journeys into technical solutions

Who you are

• 7+ years of overall software engineering experience, with 4+ years of experience in platform engineering, SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure

• 2+ years of experience leading technical initiatives or mentoring other engineers

• Proven experience designing and implementing production-grade Kubernetes solutions

• Strong background in cloud infrastructure, particularly with Google Cloud Platform

• Experience with incident management and driving effective oncall training and practices

• Experience implementing GitOps workflows and infrastructure-as-code practices

• Passionate about improving developer experience, automation, and operational efficiency

• A systems thinker who can balance immediate needs with long-term architectural goals

• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making technical decisions with limited guidance

• An effective communicator who can translate complex technical concepts across teams and functions

• Experience driving adoption of platform solutions through documentation, training, and advocacy

• Demonstrated ability to identify organizational pain points and implement effective solutions

Additional Valuable Experience

• Experience in AI or data-driven startups

• Familiarity with additional cloud providers

• Contributions to open source projects in the platform engineering space

• Data privacy and ethical AI practices

What we offer

• Competitive salary, equity and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k, etc.)

• Flexible vacation and remote working

• The opportunity to be part of a groundbreaking, AI-focused company.

• Collaborative work environment with a team of talented, fun-loving individuals.

• Opportunity to learn and grow in your career while shaping the future of fashion, shopping and technology

Commitment to Diversity

Daydream is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or disability status.