# Senior Software Engineer - Platform Engineer

**Company:** [Clear Street](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/clear-street)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $150k – $200k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Go, Python, Java, Kubernetes, Linux, AWS, Terraform, Argo CD, GitHub Actions, Helm, Kafka, Temporal, Postgres, Datadog, gRPC
**Posted:** 2026-08-11

> Build internal developer platforms, reusable services, and automation that improve software delivery, infrastructure self-service, reliability, and developer productivity. The role requires 5+ years of platform, software, infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE experience plus expertise in cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build self-service developer platforms for infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, secrets management, and shared services.
- Create reusable platform services and SDKs for identity and authorization, secrets management, deployment orchestration, service discovery, configuration management, and platform APIs.
- Design opinionated golden paths for building, testing, deploying, and operating software.
- Build CI/CD platforms with automated testing, security, and compliance.
- Improve local development environments, build systems, ephemeral environments, and developer workflows.
- Measure and improve developer productivity through platform metrics and engineering insights.
- Collaborate with application teams to simplify software delivery, improve reliability, and reduce operational toil.
- Build capabilities that improve scalability, resiliency, observability, and operational excellence.
- Champion Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, and platform engineering practices.
- Explore emerging technologies, AI-assisted development, and developer tooling.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Software Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and production software development experience in Go, Python, Java, or similar languages.
- Experience designing developer platforms, internal tooling, automation frameworks, or shared engineering services.
- Deep understanding of cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, Linux, containers, and distributed systems.
- Experience building CI/CD platforms and software delivery pipelines.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or comparable technologies.
- Product mindset focused on usability, adoption, documentation, and developer experience.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Interest in emerging technologies, platform engineering, and AI-powered developer tooling.

## Technology
- Kubernetes
- AWS
- Terraform
- ArgoCD
- GitHub Actions
- Helm
- Kafka
- Temporal
- PostgreSQL
- Snowflake
- Datadog
- Go, Java, and Python
- gRPC and Protobuf
- Tilt
- Internal platform APIs and developer tooling

## Compensation and Benefits
- Base salary: **$150,000–$200,000**.
- Company equity.
- 401(k) matching.
- Gender-neutral parental leave.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Lunch stipends, stocked kitchens, and happy hours.
- Employees are expected to work in the office 4 days per week.

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