Senior Platform Engineer

About Our Client:

The organization operates in the infrastructure technology sector, focusing on developing programmable guardrails that enable autonomous machine-driven decisions while maintaining control. It addresses challenges in current economic systems that are not designed for autonomous coordination at scale. The team brings experience scaling secure platforms managing substantial digital assets, aiming to build a trustless, programmable foundation for the autonomous economy.

About the Opportunity:

The SENIOR PLATFORM ENGINEER role supports the organization by enhancing tooling and practices that enable faster development, confident scaling, and improved decision-making across engineering teams. This position independently collaborates with product and infrastructure teams to design scalable solutions, prevent system incidents, and raise technical standards, contributing significantly to the operational reliability and efficiency of the platform.

Responsibilities:

• Build tooling for performance analysis and observability to enable data-driven decision-making
• Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and security teams to align priorities and develop cross-team solutions
• Identify and resolve systemic infrastructure and product issues
• Anticipate and address scaling bottlenecks proactively
• Enhance team capabilities by introducing better tooling, practices, and measurement habits
• Communicate technical tradeoffs clearly to non-technical stakeholders
• Contribute to design reviews, documentation, and mentorship to elevate technical quality

Requirements:

• 5+ years in platform engineering, infrastructure, or SRE with experience in distributed systems
• Experience designing, building, scaling, and operating reliable distributed systems in production
• Proficiency with Golang, AWS, Postgres, and Kubernetes
• Expertise in building tooling for performance and observability (metrics, tracing, profiling, logging, alerting)
• Data-driven approach to define metrics and analyze system progress
• Proven ability to improve team practices beyond own domain
• Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Intellectual curiosity and cross-team collaboration

Pay Range and Compensation Package:

• Compensation range $180,000—$250,000 USD

Benefits & Perks:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account options
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid parental leave
• Unlimited paid time off
• $3,000 annual learning and development budget
• Multiple team offsites per year
• Lunch stipend

Equal Opportunity Statement: Our client is an equal opportunity employer. They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or national origin.

Note:

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