Senior Platform Engineer
Stripe · Remote (US) · posted 2 days ago
$215,000 – $260,000 / yr
Hands-on Kubernetes platform role. K8s, Terraform, observability; small team, no on-call rotation.
Style guide · v1
Warm Premium
A quiet, capable design language for Hartley. Cream paper, espresso ink, one honey accent. Green and red mean what they should. Never decoration, never the brand.
01 · Color
Neutrals
Warm off-white as the page; ink that's near-black but never blue.
paper
#FAF7F2
App background
surface
#FFFFFF
Cards / panels
surface-sunken
#F2EDE4
Input wells
ink
#1A1614
Primary text
ink-soft
#5C5750
Secondary text
ink-muted
#8A857C
Tertiary text
divider
#E8E2D7
Hairlines
divider-strong
#D6CFC2
Stronger borders
02 · Color
Accents
One brand anchor (amber), four state colors. Each travels as a trio: base / tint / ink.
amber
Brand · primary actionbase#C16A1E
tint#F5E8D6
ink#5E3308
forest
Success · positive statebase#2E7D5B
tint#E0F0E5
ink#163E2C
brick
Danger · destructive · failurebase#B83A2E
tint#F5DDD8
ink#5E1B14
mustard
Warning · pending · needs reviewbase#C99416
tint#F5EAD0
ink#5E4308
slate
Neutral info · cool against warmbase#5E6D7E
tint#E1E6EB
ink#2F3641
03 · Type
Typography
Source Serif 4 (variable, opsz axis) for headings; hairlines auto-thicken at UI sizes. Inter for body. JetBrains Mono for code.
The right job, found by the system.
Section heading · 36px / opsz 72
Subsection · 30px / opsz 36
Inline heading · 20px / opsz 14
Or 20px Inter Medium for sans subheadings
Body copy at 16px / 1.6 line-height. Used for descriptions, explanations, and longer-form text. It should still read comfortably on the warm paper, not too dense, not too airy.
Secondary text at 14px / 1.5, ink-soft. For metadata, labels, and helper copy that supports the primary content.
Eyebrow · 12px Inter, tracked
seeker_id = 9f3c4d…
$200,000 / yr
04 · Components
Buttons
One primary per view. Default for secondary actions. Brick only for destructive.
05 · Components
Form fields
Sunken background, hairline border, amber focus ring.
What you state publicly: your minimum.
What you'd actually accept.
06 · Semantics
Application status
Every status maps to a color. Green = good, mustard = waiting on someone, brick = lost, slate = neutral.
submittedacknowledgedscreeningphone_screentechnical_assessmentinterview_loopofferacceptedrejectedwithdrawnghostedexpired
07 · Semantics
Match decision
The three-tier comp logic, surfaced visually.
apply_publicStrong match · apply
apply_negotiateWorth applying · negotiate up
skip_below_floorBelow your floor
skip_filterDoesn't match filters
manual_reviewNeeds your eyes
08 · Components
Job card
Production-style card showing how the tokens compose.
strong match
09 · Voice
Plain English
The dumbest-user test: would your mom understand this without context?
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