Platform Engineer
Build foundational infrastructure platforms and operational tooling for global data center operations, including CMDB, DCIM, asset management, automation, and observability systems. Requires 3+ years of production software development experience and strong Python or Go skills.
About the job
Responsibilities
Infrastructure Platform Development
- Design and build a next-generation CMDB as the authoritative source for infrastructure assets, network topology, and configuration data.
- Create DCIM platforms for rack operations, server/GPU deployment, OS installation, quality assurance, and white-screen operations.
- Build asset lifecycle management systems for receiving, racking, inventory, break-fix, and decommissioning workflows.
- Develop monitoring and observability platforms integrating telemetry from BMS, EPMS, and IT devices with intelligent alarming and incident management.
- Create self-service portals and automation for regional bootstrap, day-two operations, and fleet-scale management.
Operational Excellence and Automation
- Automate manual workflows and build self-service tools for operations and engineering teams.
- Develop workflow orchestration systems spanning incident, problem, and change management.
- Build digital-twin visualizations and operational dashboards; partner with data teams on analytics.
- Create integration layers connecting internal platforms with external vendors and third-party systems.
Technical Leadership and Reliability
- Collaborate with data center operations, systems engineering, network engineering, security, product, support, and business stakeholders.
- Evaluate build-versus-buy decisions for platform components.
- Champion CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automated testing, and observability-first development.
- Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
- Design high-performance, fault-tolerant systems capable of handling thousands of QPS.
- Implement monitoring, logging, debugging, error handling, data migration strategies, and dependency management.
- Own projects end to end through deployment and production readiness.
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional software development experience building production systems.
- Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or similar languages, with knowledge of system design patterns.
- Experience designing RESTful APIs, data models, and distributed systems.
- Proficiency with relational and NoSQL databases.
- Hands-on experience with Docker and infrastructure-as-code tools.
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern development workflows.
- Knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, and Linux/Unix environments.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, scalability, reliability, and operational skills.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with CMDB systems such as NetBox or Device42, or asset management platforms.
- Background in infrastructure automation, DevOps, or platform engineering.
- Familiarity with Temporal, Airflow, or Camunda.
- Knowledge of Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry.
- Experience with time-series databases and data visualization.
- Understanding of ITSM frameworks such as ITIL.
- Experience in data center operations, facilities management, or physical infrastructure.
- Contributions to open-source infrastructure projects.
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary: $224,000–$279,000 annually, plus potential equity in the form of restricted stock units.
- Retirement or pension plan in line with local norms.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Generous paid time off policy in line with local norms.
Skills
Python, Go, REST APIs, Distributed Systems, Postgres, Redis, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, Linux, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry
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