Staff Platform Engineer, Service Infrastructure
Core
Drive service infrastructure strategy for mission-critical product platforms supporting cloud products, including API Platform, web UI, Billing, and IAM.
Role type
Staff Platform Engineer (Service Infrastructure)
Builds
Reusable service infrastructure primitives, Helm charts, Terraform modules, and GitOps workflows for product foundations.
Domain
Cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, service networking
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes (EKS, Helm, ArgoCD), Terraform (module design, CI/CD), AWS (EKS, IAM, VPC, Route 53, CloudFront), observability (metrics, logs, traces, SLOs), programming for automation (Go, Python, TypeScript), cross-functional leadership, technical standards definition
Preferred skills
Internal developer platforms, service mesh (Istio, Linkerd, Envoy), policy-as-code (OPA, Kyverno), multi-region/cross-provider networking, supply-chain security
Technologies
Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, Go, Python, TypeScript, CDNs, ALBs, DNS, GitHub Actions
Responsibilities
Own technical direction for service infrastructure; improve reliability and operability of existing services; partner on networking and gateway patterns; drive cross-company infrastructure initiatives; build reusable infrastructure primitives; establish technical standards through design and mentorship.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence
