Senior Platform Engineer I
Core
Build and strengthen infrastructure enabling engineering teams to deliver stable, secure, reliable, and high-performing products via Kubernetes platforms, observability, automation, and lifecycle management.
Role type
Senior IC platform engineer (Kubernetes/Cloud Native)
Builds
Kubernetes clusters, observability pipelines, automation tools, and internal developer platforms
Domain
Cloud infrastructure / Platform Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes production operations, cloud provider expertise (AWS/GCP/Azure), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/Crossplane/Pulumi), observability (OpenTelemetry/Prometheus/eBPF), GitOps (Argo CD/Kargo), container orchestration (Kustomize/Helm), Linux systems, modern programming (Go/Python/Ruby), cost optimization, incident response
Preferred skills
multi-region deployments, Kubernetes internals (operators/CNI/service meshes), canary infrastructure operationalization
Technologies
Kubernetes, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Karpenter, Cluster Autoscaler, Terraform, Crossplane, Pulumi, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, eBPF, Argo CD, Kargo, Kustomize, Helm, Go, Python, Ruby
Responsibilities
Own observability, logging, and alerting for Kubernetes clusters; Build and maintain automation for the full Kubernetes cluster lifecycle; Lead infrastructure cost-optimization initiatives; Partner with engineering teams to shape infrastructure decisions; Proactively identify reliability bottlenecks and implement solutions; Participate in on-call rotation and respond to service disruptions; Lead incident response, root-cause investigations, and postmortems; Contribute to continuous improvement of internal developer and data platforms; Evolve platform engineering practices through automation and GitOps
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
