Job Description
Platform Services builds and maintains the core backend services and APIs that power Browserbase products. This team ensures developers—both internal and external—have a fast, reliable, and intuitive foundation to build on. From designing clean interfaces to operating critical services in production, Platform Services sits at the heart of how Browserbase works.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
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Design, build, and operate backend services and APIs that serve as foundational components across Browserbase’s product surface.
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Develop reliable, well-structured service architectures, with a focus on clarity, maintainability, and long-term extensibility.
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Work closely with product and engineering teams to gather requirements and deliver APIs and service abstractions that are intuitive and delightful to use.
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Own projects end-to-end, from scoping and technical design through implementation, rollout, observability, and maintenance.
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Improve developer experience through high-quality documentation, tooling, and thoughtful interface design.
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Investigate, debug, and resolve operational issues in production systems.
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Contribute to team standards for service architecture, API design, testing, and operational excellence.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
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Strong experience building backend services and APIs using Go or TypeScript.
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Familiarity with HTTP/REST, WebSockets, RPC, authentication/authorization, service decomposition, and API lifecycle management.
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Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes/Docker, and modern cloud infrastructure.
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Solid understanding of relational databases and schema design.
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Comfort with automated testing, performance tuning, and building resilient systems.
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Bonus: experience with SDK development, API versioning strategies, observability tooling, or rate-limiting/quotas.
YOU’RE A GOOD FIT IF YOU…
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Have high agency: you can define direction, make informed tradeoffs, and drive projects without waiting for perfect clarity.
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Are energized by owning problems independently and seeing them through to completion.
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Communicate clearly—especially in writing—and tailor your communication to the audience.
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Are adaptable, curious, and able to quickly understand unfamiliar codebases or problem domains.
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Enjoy building alongside a sharp, fast-moving team where craftsmanship and pragmatism matter.
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Are excited to work 5 days a week in our San Francisco HQ (or are open to relocating).
WHY JOIN US
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Work on foundational services used across every Browserbase product.
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Shape the architecture and APIs that other teams rely on daily.
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Collaborate with a small, high-bar engineering team that cares deeply about quality.
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Make immediate, meaningful impact at an ambitious startup building infrastructure for the future of browser automation.