# Software 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, AWS, Terraform, Argo CD, GitHub Actions, Helm, Kafka, gRPC, Protobuf, Infrastructure As Code, CI/CD, GitOps
**Posted:** 2026-07-06

> Platform Engineer building self-service internal developer platforms, reusable services, intelligent CI/CD, and automation to improve developer productivity and software delivery at a capital markets fintech. Requires 5+ years experience, strong software engineering skills in Go/Python/Java, deep cloud-native and Kubernetes expertise, and a product mindset for internal tools.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build self-service developer platforms that enable engineers to provision infrastructure, deploy applications, manage secrets, and access shared services with minimal operational overhead.
- Create reusable platform services and SDKs including identity & authorization, secrets management, deployment orchestration, service discovery, configuration management, and platform APIs.
- Design opinionated "golden paths" that make the easiest way also the best way for engineers to build, test, deploy, and operate software.
- Build intelligent CI/CD platforms that reduce deployment time, improve release confidence, and automate testing, security, and compliance.
- Improve developer workflows by investing in local development environments, faster build systems, ephemeral environments, and platform automation.
- Continuously measure and improve developer productivity through platform metrics, engineering insights, and workflow optimization.
- Collaborate with application teams to simplify software delivery, improve reliability, and remove operational toil through automation.
- Build platform capabilities that improve scalability, resiliency, observability, and operational excellence across the engineering organization.
- Champion Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, and platform engineering best practices while helping teams adopt modern engineering workflows.
- Experiment with emerging technologies, AI-assisted development, and developer tooling that transforms how engineers build software.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Software Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience building production-quality software 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 modern CI/CD platforms and software delivery pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Jenkins, or similar technologies.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or comparable technologies.
- A product mindset—you think about usability, adoption, documentation, and developer experience when building internal platforms.
- Passion for automation and eliminating repetitive manual work.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to partner with engineering teams to understand problems and deliver scalable solutions.
- Curiosity to continuously explore emerging technologies, platform engineering practices, and AI-powered developer tooling.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with the following technologies: Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Helm, Kafka, Temporal, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Datadog, Go, Java, Python, gRPC & Protobuf, Tilt, Internal Platform APIs and Developer Tooling.

## Compensation
- Base Salary Range: $150,000 - $200,000 (Base Salary only; does not include bonuses or equity).
- Competitive compensation packages, company equity, 401k matching, gender neutral parental leave, and full medical, dental and vision insurance.
- In-office benefits include lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, happy hours.

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