The opportunity
At Klaviyo, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives each Klaviyo (we call ourselves Klaviyos) brings to our workplace each and every day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements.
What you'll do
Dependency Management: Analyze, optimize, and secure backend and third-party dependencies across the codebase. Build frameworks for evaluating risk and ensuring our dependency graph stays healthy, performant, and maintainable.
Platform Upgrades and Rollouts: Lead the planning and execution of major software releases and updates — from design through production rollout — including hands-on individual contribution throughout.
Developer Productivity: Drive improvements across key cycle time metrics including PR CI speed, code review turnaround, and commit velocity. Relentlessly reduce toil and increase engineering efficiency across the organization.
Set Engineering Standards: Contribute to the standards for code quality, dependency hygiene, and platform reliability that all teams follow.
AI-Driven Strategy: Spearhead efforts to leverage AI within the platform lifecycle and use AI tooling to accelerate your own development work.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineers, security teams, and stakeholders to gather requirements, resolve conflicts, and roll out platform changes that teams can adopt with confidence.
What they're looking for
- Operational Excellence: Proactively monitor the health and reliability of the platform, diagnosing and resolving complex issues before they become critical incidents.
- High-Leverage Work: You are not just building features; you are building the systems that determine how fast every engineer at Klaviyo can ship.
- Real Architectural Impact: You will influence the structure of a large, complex backend codebase and make decisions that scale with the company.
- Innovation at the Edge: You will have the autonomy to experiment with AI and emerging tooling to solve hard problems in dependency management, build performance, and developer experience.
