Founding Platform Engineer
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Requirements
• Cloud: AWS (primary), GCP, Azure • Infrastructure & Orchestration: Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Helm • CI/CD & Operations: GitLab, GitOps-style deployment workflows • Data & Caching: PostgreSQL, Redis • Observability & On-Call: Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty • Backend: Node.js / TypeScript • 8+ years in platform / infra / SRE / DevOps • Has run large-scale distributed systems (high traffic, large data) • Proven backend engineering experience (e.g. TypeScript/Node.js) beyond IaC, with the ability to debug issues end to end (from application logic to networking). • Experience in early-stage startups (or founder background); comfortable with speed • Comfortability debating decisions and tradeoffs • Deep expertise in networking fundamentals • Experience in regulated or uptime-critical domains (finance, healthcare, logistics, etc.) • Strong async communication skills (Slack, written updates, design docs) • Fluent written and verbal English required for documentation, incident response, and technical and business presentations. • Bonus: active open-source contributor • Comp: Base + bonus + meaningful equity
Responsibilities
• Design and operate a secure, resilient, multi-cloud platform as the system scales. • Operate high-throughput distributed systems; define SLAs, capacity models, and cost controls. • Write and maintain production code with focus on performance, reliability, and correctness. • Ensure safe releases, fast rollbacks, strong observability, and effective incident response. • Implement infrastructure ownership for SOC 2 compliance (access controls, isolation, encryption, auditability). • Improve the local-to-prod experience to unlock engineering speed.