Sr Platform Engineer-US

What You Will Do In This Role

• Lead the complete development cycle of platform changes: Helm charts, infrastructure-as-code, services, CI/CD jobs and supporting tooling.
• Lead on the best use of the team's platform technologies.
• Advise on the size, risk and feasibility of solutions and break larger pieces of work into tasks.
• Diagnose platform issues reported by application teams or by monitoring, and resolve them.
• Design and write tests; review code and configuration produced by colleagues.
• Contribute to incident response and disaster-recovery process.
• Act as a role model, demonstrating company values through your behaviours.
• Engage with stakeholders and engineering management to clarify requirements and provide technical input.
• Contribute to the long-term direction of the platform team through planning sessions and technical reviews.

What You Need To Be Successful In This Role

• Strong development background in a meaningful programming language, we write Go, but are happy with experience in Java, Scala, Rust, Kotlin, C# or another systems-or-services language.
• Solid experience designing and operating Kubernetes-based systems: workloads, networking, RBAC, controllers, observability.
• Solid experience with a major public cloud, AWS preferred, equivalent experience with GCP or Azure is fine.
• Strong applied experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform preferred), including module design, state management and review discipline.
• Experience with CI/CD at scale, designing pipelines, managing release artefacts, and integrating quality gates.
• Strong networking fundamentals: TCP/HTTP, DNS, TLS, mTLS, service identity.
• A track record of leading complex technical work with little supervision and of mentoring others.
• An ability to apply architectural and software patterns appropriately, and the judgement to know when not to.
• Good communication skills, written, verbal and visual.
• You can explain a system to engineers, security partners and product managers using the right register for each audience.

Additional Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with EKS or another managed Kubernetes service.
• Hands-on experience with a service mesh (Istio, Linkerd), including authorization, mTLS and traffic policy.
• Experience with Helm at scale (umbrella charts, dependency management, release lifecycle).
• Experience with observability stacks, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch.
• Familiarity with the Atlassian suite (Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence).
• Associate-level cloud architecture certification (e.g. AWS Solutions Architect Associate), passed or in progress.
• CKA or equivalent, passed or in progress.
• Prior experience operating an internal developer platform that served multiple application teams.

Pay

The reasonably expected base salary range for this full-time position is $106,500 – $133,100 annually. Please note that the final offer will be determined by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s relevant experience, skills, and qualifications, as well as internal equity and market data. In addition To a Competitive Base Salary, Certinia Offers Holistic Wellness Program: Monthly wellness stipends to use toward gym memberships, mental health resources, or fitness equipment, alongside access to premium wellness apps. Flexible Work Environment: We support work-life balance through a variety of remote, hybrid and flexible scheduling options for many roles. Industry-Leading Parental Leave: Generous fully-paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents to support your family’s newest additions. Comprehensive Coverage: Premium medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) with a competitive company match, and generous paid time off (PTO) plus observed company holidays. Growth & Development: A commitment to your professional evolution through internal workshops, skill-building initiatives, and supported learning paths.