Staff Platform Engineer

In this role, you will design, build, and evolve the platforms, infrastructure, automation, and developer capabilities that enable engineering teams to deliver software faster, more reliably, and at scale.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise, architectural vision, and a hands-on builder mindset. You will collaborate closely with software, DevOps, QA, and operations teams to simplify complex systems, boost developer productivity, and drive the adoption of scalable platform solutions across multiple product lines.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve resilient, secure platform architectures that improve developer productivity, operational efficiency, and system reliability.
  

• Build and maintain IDP capabilities, reusable platform services, golden paths, and self-service engineering workflows.
  

• Own the architecture, governance, and implementation of end-to-end SDLC tooling, spanning source control, CI/CD pipelines, artifact management, security validation, and automated release gates.
  

• Implement scalable cloud-native platforms and automated deployment patterns using Kubernetes, Argo CD, Helm, and GitOps methodologies.
  

• Drive infrastructure automation and standardization using Terraform, Ansible, and AWS cloud services.
  

• Define and enforce platform standards for observability, DevSecOps, governance, operational excellence, and FinOps/cost optimization.
  

• Evaluate complex technical trade-offs across scalability, performance, maintainability, developer experience (DevEx), and infrastructure cost.
  

• Produce reference implementations, reusable tooling, and automation frameworks that accelerate onboarding and adoption across product teams.
  

• Troubleshoot, document, and resolve complex platform and infrastructure issues while driving systemic, long-term remediations.
  

• Mentor engineers, foster an engineering culture of excellence, and influence technical strategy through cross-functional collaboration and hands-on execution.
  

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in distributed systems, cloud architecture, Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering.
  

• Deep expertise in Kubernetes, AWS, Infrastructure as Code, and modern software delivery platforms.
  

• Proven track record with Terraform, Ansible, Argo CD, Helm, GitHub, Jenkins, and GitOps-based deployment models.
  

• Strong networking fundamentals, including DNS, TLS, ingress, load balancing, and cloud VPC/hybrid architectures.
  

• Hands-on experience building reusable automation, platform services, and developer enablement solutions.
  

• Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, Go, or PowerShell.
  

• Demonstrated ability to drive architectural decisions and evaluate complex technical trade-offs.
  

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to both engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing, building, or operating Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).
  

• Hands-on experience with Backstage or equivalent developer portal frameworks.
  

• Familiarity with service mesh architectures (e.g., Istio, Linkerd).
  

• Working knowledge of modern observability stacks, including Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and OpenSearch.
  

• Background in security automation, policy-as-code enforcement, and DevSecOps practices.
  

• Experience operating within highly available, regulated, or enterprise-scale environments.
  

What Success Looks Like

• Enhanced Engineering Productivity: Platform capabilities that reduce cognitive load, minimize operational complexity, and accelerate software delivery.
  

• Resilient Foundation: Highly reliable, scalable, and secure cloud-native platforms supporting multiple product engineering streams.
  

• Platform Adoption: Measurable growth in self-service adoption and standardized GitOps delivery workflows across the organization.
  

• Technical Mentorship: Proactive technical leadership through architectural oversight, direct implementation, and peer mentoring.
  

• Pragmatic Delivery: Solutions that streamline complex systems, remove engineering friction, and enable teams to ship features with speed and confidence.