Platform Engineer
- Work arrangement
- Remote
- Occupation
- Software & IT
- Location
- US
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Apply by
- April 10, 2027
About this role
Accountabilities
Design,build,andmaintainscalable,secure,andreliablecloudinfrastructure,primarilyusingAWS.
DevelopandmanageinfrastructureascodeusingtoolssuchasAWSCDK,Terraform,orPulumi.
Buildandimproveinternalplatformtools,automation,andself-serviceworkflowsthatsimplifyinfrastructuremanagementandcommonengineeringtasks.
Establishandmaintainplatformstandards,architecturalpatterns,andbestpracticestoensureconsistentservicedevelopment,deployment,andoperations.
Improvesystemreliability,performance,security,andobservabilitythrougheffectivemonitoring,alerting,andoperationalprocesses.
Participateinincidentresponse,investigateinfrastructureissues,andimplementlong-termimprovementstopreventrecurringproblems.
Collaboratewithengineeringteamstoidentifyinfrastructurechallengesanddevelopreusablesolutionsthatimprovedeveloperproductivity.
Supportdistributedsystemsandproductionworkloadsacrossnetworking,loadbalancing,databases,caching,queues,workers,anddeliverypipelines.
Contributetotechnicaldecision-making,communicatearchitecturaltrade-offs,andtakeownershipofplatforminitiativesfromdesignthroughproductionoperation.
Atleast8yearsofexperienceininfrastructureengineering,platformengineering,SiteReliabilityEngineering(SRE),orarelatedtechnicaldiscipline.
Stronghands-onexperiencemanagingproductioninfrastructureascodeusingtoolssuchasAWSCDK,Terraform,orPulumi.
SolidworkingknowledgeofAWSservicesandcloudinfrastructurearchitecture.
Strongunderstandingofdistributedsystemsandtheircorecomponents,includingqueues,workers,databases,caching,networking,andloadbalancing.
ExperiencewithobservabilityandmonitoringtoolssuchasDatadog,Grafana,orOpenTelemetry.
Abilitytoworkacrossthetechnologystack,fromnetworkingandloadbalancerstoCI/CDpipelinesandapplicationdeliverysystems.
Strongproblem-solvingskillsandaproactiveapproachtoimprovinginfrastructurereliability,performance,andoperationalefficiency.
Demonstratedownership,soundtechnicaljudgment,andtheabilitytoworkindependentlywhilerecognizingwhencollaborationorsupportisneeded.
ExcellentwrittenandspokenEnglish,withtheabilitytocommunicateclearlyacrossdistributedteamsandmaintainconsistentoverlapwithAmericasworkinghours.
Experienceoperatinghigh-throughput,productionsystemsatsignificantscale.
Experiencebuildinginternaldeveloperplatforms,engineeringtooling,orself-serviceinfrastructurecapabilities.
Backgroundindevelopertools,publicAPIs,emailinfrastructure,orsimilartechnologyplatforms.
StrongtechnicalexperiencewithNode.js,TypeScript,Go,andPostgreSQL.
Competitivecompensation:Annualsalaryrangingfrom$150,000to$180,000USD,dependingonlocationandexperience.
Fullyremotework:Workremotelyaspartofageographicallydistributedengineeringteam,withflexibilityaroundsharedworkinghours.
Meaningfulownership:Influencetechnicaldecisions,shapeplatformdevelopment,andtakeresponsibilityforthesystemsyoubuildandoperate.
Autonomyandimpact:Identifyopportunitiesforimprovement,proposesolutions,anddriveinitiativesforward.
Technicalexcellence:Workinanenvironmentthatprioritizesreliability,security,performance,andhigh-qualityengineeringpractices.
Collaborativeculture:Joinalow-egoteamthatvaluesopenfeedback,knowledgesharing,andcontinuouslearning.
Professionalgrowth:Developyourexpertisewhilecontributingtoinfrastructureanddevelopertoolsusedatsubstantialscale.
Teamengagement:Opportunitiestoparticipateinteamoffsites,conferences,meetups,andotherin-personactivities,withsometravelexpected.