Senior Platform Engineer

About the role

Fieldwire is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer with a focus on tooling and automation to ensure rapid deployment of new features and services.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building, and automating the Software Development Lifecycle and Infrastructure that powers Fieldwire
• Owning the reliability and performance of production systems, including leading incident response, driving root-cause analysis, and implementing preventative measures
• Developing and maintaining monitoring, alerting, and observability systems to ensure maximum uptime and surface the metrics that inform engineering decisions
• Leading the troubleshooting and resolution of complex issues related to application performance, scalability, and security across Fieldwire's systems
• Setting technical direction and making architectural decisions for platform infrastructure, in collaboration with engineering leadership
• Mentoring other engineers on infrastructure best practices, operational excellence, and secure system design
• Driving continuous improvement of tooling, processes, and standards to protect and increase Fieldwire's development velocity
• Participating in and helping lead an on-call rotation, with ownership of the processes around change and incident management

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• At least 5-7 years of experience as a Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or SRE, including direct ownership of production systems
• Expertise in at least one programming language such as Golang, Java, Python, Ruby, or Rust
• Proven experience managing AWS cloud infrastructure and associated services relating to CI/CD at scale
• Substantial experience participating in and leading an on-call rotation, responding to and resolving production incidents
• Experience developing, refining, and driving adoption of processes around change and incident management
• Strong command of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), such as AWS CDK or Terraform, including designing reusable and secure IaC patterns
• Demonstrated ability to mentor other engineers and influence technical decisions across teams

Qualifications

• Familiarity with Rust and its ecosystem
• Experience designing and operating CI/CD systems integrated across multiple accounts and regions
• Experience with package management systems and strategy
• Passion for solving unique and challenging problems