# Staff Engineer - Platform Engineering

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze®, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses. Early Warning follows a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment. Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship. Overall Purpose A Staff Platform Engineer formulates the technical strategy that defines the roadmap for the team. This individual architects, designs, builds, implements, automates, and documents the solutions the Platform Engineering team provides to engineering and product teams. Acts as a mentor to the Platform Engineering team. Essential Functions: Develops a data platform infrastructure strategy that tackles large, open-ended problems using forward-thinking approaches. Contributes to the strategic direction of the Platfor

- **Id**: 4225087
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/early-warning-services-staff-engineer-platform-engineering>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Scottsdale, United States, Chicago, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T07:28:20Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7691
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Flexible time off, Hybrid work, Parental leave, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Fraud Detection, Payment Processing & Gateways, RegTech, AML & Compliance

## Company

- **Id**: 46312
- **Name**: Early Warning Services
- **Domain**: earlywarning.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/earlywarning>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 85
- **Open postings**: 12
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.583
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 34
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 145000
- **Max**: 186000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 186000

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **CloudFormation** — Optional: no
- **GitLab** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Platform Engineering** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: yes
- **Harbor** — Optional: yes
- **Java** — Optional: yes
- **Maven** — Optional: yes
- **Podman** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T07:28:20Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 27 · green card filings: 21; Filings 12m: 27

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 35
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T09:20:56Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 186000
- **Is top pay**: no

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