Staff Platform Engineer - Infra + DevOps

Role overview

Build and operate the cloud platform and shared engineering foundations that help product teams deliver services reliably. This is a hands-on role spanning distributed systems, infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and operational automation, with a focus on creating reusable patterns and supporting teams with different needs and system maturity.

Responsibilities - Design, implement, and maintain scalable infrastructure and core services for a production platform. - Create foundational patterns and libraries for Python applications, including API services and event processing. - Manage cloud environments and production Kubernetes systems. - Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automate service build, deployment, and operations workflows. - Apply infrastructure as code and containerization practices to make platform changes repeatable. - Support engineering teams with platform abstractions, troubleshooting, and practical design guidance.

Requirements - At least six years of platform engineering experience in a product-focused organization. - Five or more years designing foundational patterns or libraries for Python applications. - Three or more years with infrastructure-as-code tools such as CDK, Terraform, or Ansible. - Three or more years working with production Kubernetes and cloud engineering, preferably on AWS. - Experience maintaining CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins or ArgoCD. - Scripting and automation skills in Bash, Python, or Go, plus Helm experience. - Familiarity with network security and secrets-management tools such as Vault or AWS Systems Manager.

Benefits and work setup - Remote-friendly role hiring across the United States, with optional access to offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Austin. - Listed benefits include equity, medical, dental, vision, life and mental health coverage, an employer-matched 401(k), flexible paid time off, and a home-office stipend.