Staff Platform Engineer
Core
Shape infrastructure and developer experience for a growing engineering organization, focusing on continuous delivery, cloud infrastructure, automation, and supporting autonomous AI-powered engineering workflows.
Role type
Staff Platform Engineer (hands-on IC with strategic leadership)
Builds
Scalable cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, self-service developer tooling, and observability systems
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / DevOps / Platform Engineering
Required skills
Cloud infrastructure design (AWS ECS/Fargate, RDS), Containerization, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Terragrunt), CI/CD pipeline optimization, Observability (Datadog), Incident management, Architectural decision-making, Technical mentorship
Preferred skills
Experience with autonomous AI-driven development workflows, Building self-service platforms
Technologies
AWS, ECS, Fargate, RDS, Terraform, Terragrunt, Datadog
Responsibilities
Lead major platform engineering initiatives from design to deployment; Optimize CI/CD pipelines and local development environments; Drive architectural decisions and technical standards; Own cloud infrastructure and operational tooling; Build automation and self-service tooling for developers; Improve production reliability through monitoring and incident response; Collaborate on production support and on-call coverage; Mentor peers and foster engineering excellence
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence