Platform Engineer

The candidate will have responsibilities across the following functions:

Platform Reliability (50%):

• Ensure robust cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines.
• Improve observability tools and practices.
• Automate and streamline service workflows.
• Enhance platform systems for developer efficiency.

Infrastructure Engineering (30%):

• Build and maintain cloud-based systems.
• Optimize performance and scalability.
• Implement infrastructure improvements based on feedback.

Incident Management (20%):

• Lead incident response with strong SRE principles.
• Analyze and resolve production issues swiftly.
• Develop strategies to prevent future incidents.

Requirements:

• Must have strong cloud, scripting, and core DevOps fundamentals.
• Must have hands-on experience with observability tools like New Relic and Sumo Logic.
• Must demonstrate real coding ability.
• Must have a strong grasp of incident management and reliability/SRE thinking.
• Must explain service-layer architecture and reasoning effectively.
• Cloud Expertise: Designed and optimized cloud infrastructure for scalability and reliability.
• Coding Proficiency: Developed scripts and tools to automate deployment processes.
• Incident Management: Led a team to resolve critical production incidents effectively.
• Architecture Understanding: Explained complex service architectures to non-technical stakeholders.