Principal Platform Engineer, DevOps/Developer Experience

Responsibilities

• Lead high-priority initiatives, clarifying approaches and ensuring quality outcomes
• Define clear interfaces to minimize cross-team friction and enable parallel work
• Establish engineering best practices including design documentation and effective testing
• Create reusable platform capabilities
• Implement automation to enhance operational efficiency and delivery speed
• Enhance stability through observability standards and incident learning loops
• Coach senior engineers and model technical leadership in a mentoring capacity

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
• 12+ years in building, automating, and operating cloud-native platforms at scale
• Proficient in full SDLC practices for platform and infrastructure work
• Experience leading large-scale technical initiatives with measurable outcomes
• 8+ years designing microservices-based systems along with API and Infrastructure-as-Code expertise
• 5+ years hands-on with Kubernetes, public cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and reliability tooling
• Experience with production systems, incident response, and reliability improvements

Pay

$180,000 – $210,000 annually

Schedule

Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available