alternativepayments - Senior Platform Engineer
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Requirements
• We're seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join our Engineering team and build a platform that simplifies the day-to-day of our engineers, driving operational excellence, enhancing infrastructure reliability and establishing cutting-edge observability across our critical systems. • You'll work closely with the Lead Platform Engineer and play a key role in building and improving our internal platform across the board. This role is available to candidates who are eligible to work in Brazil, Remote. • 5+ years of experience in a platform engineering role, with a focus on distributed systems, AWS, and Kubernetes. • Strong experience with agentic coding and platform development, with a focus on building scalable and secure systems. • Experience with cloud-based infrastructure, including AWS (what we use), and a strong understanding of cloud security and compliance. • Experience with containerization and orchestration, using tools such as Docker and Kubernetes. • Proven experience in designing, implementing, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, ideally with GitHub Actions. • In-depth experience with distributed systems, including design patterns, scalability, and fault tolerance. • A strong focus on automation, with experience using IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar. • Experience with monitoring and logging tools, such as Datadog (what we use), New Relic, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar. • A proactive mindset with the ability to solve complex problems, drive projects independently, and continuously innovate our reliability practices. • Strong communication skills, especially in English, to collaborate effectively across technical teams and stakeholders. • Experience in the FinTech or payments industry; startup or scale-up environments preferred. • AWS certification, demonstrating commitment to learning and mastering cloud technologies. • Experience with SOC2 compliance, CI security validations, and other infrastructure security aspects. • Experience with cloud-based security and compliance, including AWS security and compliance frameworks. • Comfort working in fast-paced, dynamic, and high-impact environments.
Responsibilities
• Design and implement scalable and secure infrastructure on AWS, ensuring high availability and reliability of our platform. • Develop and maintain distributed systems, with a focus on performance, scalability, and fault tolerance. • Collaborate with the engineering team (including our support engineers) to build and improve our internal platform, with a focus on automation, monitoring, and logging. • Work with Kubernetes to manage and orchestrate containerized applications, ensuring efficient resource utilization and high availability. • Participate in the development of our platform roadmap, ensuring that our technology stack aligns with our business goals and objectives. • Ensure that our platform is secure, compliant, and meets all relevant regulatory requirements. • Partner with the engineering team to identify and prioritize platform improvements, and to develop and implement solutions to address these needs. • Own the end-to-end platform development process, from design to delivery, ensuring that our platform meets the needs of our engineers and the company as a whole.
Benefits
• Competitive salary tailored to your experience, skills, and expertise. • Equity opportunities so you can share in our growth and success. • Unlimited PTO and flexibility when you need it the most. • Yearly learning & development stipend to help you grow and do your best work. • At Alternative Payments, you’ll do work that truly matters. • Own your impact: Lead meaningful, high-impact projects and collaborative initiatives that are shaping the future of FinTech and redefining how businesses get paid. • Collaborate: Work with a diverse, innovative team where every voice is heard and great ideas come from anywhere. • Grow with us: Your career journey is top of mind. We prioritize internal growth and give you the space to shape your path based on your goals — whether that’s deepening your expertise in your domain or exploring something new. • Thrive in a supportive culture: As a scaling start-up, there’s a lot to be done and initiative is key. We believe in shared learning, open communication, and building each other up. When one of us grows, we all do. • Want to see what we're actually building? • We made a short video so you don't have to take our word for it. Get a glimpse of our product, our people, and the problems we're solving, then decide if it sounds like your kind of place. • Transparency & Honesty: We communicate openly and truthfully with partners, investors, and each other so everyone understands where we stand and where we’re headed. • Resourcefulness & AI: We stay scrappy, find creative solutions, and make progress even when the path isn’t obvious. We have a bias for action and seek out the information and resources necessary to make decisions and move quickly. • Partnership: We win and lose together. We collaborate with our partners, investors, and teammates to tackle big challenges and reach shared goals. • Revolutionary & Boldness: We challenge conventions, take calculated risks, and build better, stronger solutions that move our business and the industry forward. • Accountability: We take ownership of our decisions and results. We follow through on our commitments knowing our work directly impacts our partners, our team and our business. • We’re looking for candidates who are ready to step in and make an impact from day one. We know that sometimes people hold back unless they meet every requirement, but if you’re excited about the role, bring relevant experience, and are ready to contribute, we want to hear from you! • All resumes are reviewed by our small but mighty talent team. While we may use AI tools to help prioritize applications, real people are behind every resume review and hiring decision. We’re also committed to an inclusive and accessible process. If you require reasonable accommodation during the hiring process, please let us know upon being selected to interview.
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