Staff Platform Development Engineer
Core
Design, build, and maintain scalable, highly available infrastructure supporting a multi-tenant financial SaaS platform for hedge funds, asset managers, and corporations.
Role type
Staff Platform Development Engineer
Builds
Infrastructure backbone for investment accounting, portfolio analytics, and data connectivity services
Domain
Financial Services / FinTech / Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes operations, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Salt), CI/CD pipeline design, Observability stack management, Financial data connectivity (FIX, SWIFT, SFTP), Linux systems administration, Networking fundamentals, Python/Bash scripting, AI-assisted workflows
Preferred skills
Hybrid cloud platforms (AWS), Server virtualization (ProxMox, VMware), Financial regulatory environment experience, Secrets management tooling
Technologies
Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Salt, Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Stack, GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Spinnaker, Java, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, FIX, SWIFT, SFTP, HashiCorp Vault
Responsibilities
Design and maintain scalable infrastructure across on-prem, hybrid cloud, and co-location; Lead platform automation using IaC; Own container orchestration strategy; Architect and operate CI/CD pipelines; Build and maintain observability stacks; Support and optimize financial data connectivity infrastructure; Provide Tier 2/3 escalation support and lead root cause analysis; Perform capacity planning and cost optimization; Partner with Security and Compliance teams; Evaluate emerging technologies; Mentor junior engineers
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact
