Staff Platform Engineer
Own and scale the company’s cloud platform, BYOC deployments, infrastructure automation, reliability, data layer, and infrastructure security. Requires 10+ years in platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE roles, with deep Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, and database expertise.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own and scale the cloud infrastructure behind the open-source platform, including compute, networking, and data layers.
- Lead Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) deployments, including provisioning, upgrades, and observability.
- Operationalize and productize infrastructure-as-code and GitOps foundations.
- Establish meaningful SLOs and a reliable incident-management process.
- Lead the data layer, including PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, and ClickHouse.
- Own infrastructure security and compliance efforts, including SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, enterprise security reviews, and penetration tests.
- Shape the product roadmap and company strategy through high-ownership technical decisions.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE roles.
- Proven experience running high-traffic production systems.
- Deep production Kubernetes experience and sound judgment about when to use it.
- Experience operating software in environments outside your control, such as BYOC, single-tenant, on-premises, or air-gapped environments.
- Deep AWS expertise; exposure to GCP and Azure is beneficial.
- Strong Terraform experience, including reusable modules, safe state management, and multi-account topologies.
- Strong database expertise, especially PostgreSQL, including performance optimization, migrations under load, and replication.
- Experience with SOC 2 or ISO audits, penetration tests, and security reviews.
- Product mindset and developer empathy.
- Familiarity with TypeScript and Node.js.
- Strong communication, proactive ownership, reliability, and comfort working remotely.
- Ability to operate autonomously in a startup environment and navigate ambiguity.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with GCP and Azure.
- Experience with private-cloud, on-premises, or air-gapped deployments.
- Experience scaling ClickHouse, Redis, or Elasticsearch.
Compensation
- Annual salary range: $140,000–$220,000 USD.
Skills
Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, GitOps, Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch, ClickHouse, TypeScript, Node.js, SRE, DevOps, SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA
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