Staff Platform Engineer, Core Cloud Platform

💼 Full-time💰 $223,100–$223,100🗓 2026-08-12 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, operate, and evolve the core cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes platform supporting hundreds of services and 400+ engineers.

Role type

Staff Platform Engineer (Core Cloud Platform)

Builds

Scalable, secure, and AI-friendly cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes clusters

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure / Kubernetes / SaaS

Deliverable

infrastructure

Required skills

Kubernetes, AWS, Python, Golang, Service Meshes, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Networking, Troubleshooting

Preferred skills

Cluster lifecycle management tools (CAPI, Rancher), Hashicorp Vault, GCP, Azure

Technologies

AWS, Kubernetes, Python, Golang, CAPI, Rancher, Hashicorp Vault

Responsibilities

Own, operate, and evolve the Cloud and Kubernetes based Platform; Continuously improve security, reliability, cost efficiency, and performance; Champion standards to eliminate duplication; Enable self-service and agentic workflow patterns; Build tooling and AI-powered integrations for infrastructure operations; Architect and implement simple, maintainable solutions.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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About AlphaSense

AlphaSense is maturing its security risk management program and needs a Senior Risk Analyst to be a core builder and operator of that function. You will design, implement, and mature a risk framework that spans information security, AI, and operational risk—building toward a program that is quantitative-leaning, connected to live data sources, and actionable at every altitude from service owner to executive leadership. You will establish risk identification and scoring methodologies, own the enterprise risk register, and produce risk intelligence that drives real decisions. You will also suppo