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Platform Engineer

Senior Platform Engineer owning AWS/EKS infrastructure, IaC with Terraform, GitOps, security, observability, and data systems for a fast-growing expert network marketplace. Requires 5+ years production Kubernetes/AWS experience, strong IaC and security skills.

160k – 180k
Remote5+ YOEDevOps / SRE

About the role

What you'll do

  • Run and scale production AWS and EKS, including cluster lifecycle, autoscaling, and platform add-ons (ingress, DNS, certificates, secrets).
  • Manage cloud and cluster configuration declaratively with Terraform, Helm, Kustomize, eksctl and GitOps.
  • Ship through GitHub Actions and GitOps (Argo CD / Flux), with automated build, test, and dependency gating.
  • Handle SAST/DAST scanning, secrets management, and least-privilege IAM (IRSA), plus routine dependency and vulnerability remediation.
  • Own metrics, logs, and traces across Datadog and Sentry.
  • Operate PostgreSQL, MongoDB / Atlas, OpenSearch / Elasticsearch, and Temporal.
  • Build automation and internal tooling in Python, Bash, Go, and Node.js / TypeScript; containerize with Docker.

What you bring

  • 5+ years running AWS and Kubernetes in production (EKS preferred), including platform add-ons and AWS-native integration.
  • Strong with Terraform and Kubernetes manifests (Helm, Kustomize), plus GitOps delivery (Argo CD and/or Flux).
  • Security mindset: SAST/DAST, secrets management, least-privilege IAM, and vulnerability management.
  • Observability with metrics, logs, and traces using Datadog, Sentry, or equivalents.
  • Programming experience with Node.js / TypeScript and Python, plus Bash scripting on Linux.
  • Experience with PostgreSQL and MongoDB; messaging/workflows with Temporal.
  • Git / GitHub workflows and a documentation-first, async communication style.
  • Networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, routing, load balancing.

Bonus experience

  • AI / ML infrastructure (model-training pipelines, vector search).
  • Cloud cost and capacity management at scale.
  • Compliance-sensitive environments (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001).

Compensation

Full-time offers include base salary, equity, and benefits. Pay range: $160,000-$180,000 based on seniority, relevant experience and location.

Skills

AWSKubernetesEKSTerraformHelmKustomizeArgo CdFluxGitHub ActionsDatadogSentryPostgresMongoDBPythonTypeScript

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