# Senior Platform Engineer

**Company:** [Jellyfish](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/jellyfish)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $165k – $235k/yr
**Skills:** Python, Terraform, Linux, AWS, Honeycomb, Grafana, Databricks, Rds
**Posted:** 2026-03-17

> Build and automate platform infrastructure using Python, Terraform, and AWS to reduce developer toil and enhance observability in a scaling startup environment. Advocate for best practices and incident learning with strong automation mindset.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Engineering the Platform: Work with product teams to build infrastructural groundwork for new apps, automate repetitive tasks, and harden fragile systems.
- Killing Toil: Identify friction points in dev lifecycle and build Terraform modules or Python tooling to eliminate them.
- Architectural Advocacy: Champion sound software design and \"paved road\" patterns to enable fast development without breakage.
- Observability over Monitoring: Implement tools like Honeycomb and Grafana for deep system introspection.
- High-Agency Incident Response: Evolve incident remediation with blameless retrospectives and systemic improvements.

## Requirements

- Proficient in **Python** and **Linux**, writing clean, testable code for infrastructure management.
- Strong expertise in **Terraform** for infrastructure as code, including state and module structure at scale.
- Passion for automation over manual repetition.
- Experience exploring new **AWS** services or observability tools.
- Lead by influence, building consensus and focusing on business-aligned solutions.

## Nice-to-Haves

- Experience in rapidly scaling startups.
- Strong views on developer experience (DevEx).
- Managed complex data environments like **Databricks** or large **RDS** clusters.

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