Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Office Hours is an on-demand expert network that connects leading organizations with trusted experts across various knowledge domains. As a Senior Platform Engineer, you'll own the infrastructure and platform that power our marketplace, focusing on reliability, security, and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Run and scale production AWS and EKS — cluster lifecycle, autoscaling, and the platform add-ons that keep it healthy (ingress, DNS, certificates, secrets)
- Manage cloud and cluster configuration declaratively with Terraform, Helm, Kustomize, eksctl and GitOps
- Ship through GitHub Actions and GitOps (Argo CD / Flux), with automated build, test, and dependency gating
- SAST/DAST scanning, secrets management, and least-privilege IAM (IRSA), plus routine dependency and vulnerability remediation
- Own metrics, logs, and traces across Datadog, and Sentry
- Operate PostgreSQL, MongoDB / Atlas, OpenSearch / Elasticsearch, and Temporal
- Build automation and internal tooling in Python, Bash, Go, and Node.js / TypeScript; containerize with Docker
Skills
- 5+ years running AWS and Kubernetes in production (EKS preferred), including platform add-ons and AWS-native integration
- Strong with Terraform and Kubernetes manifests (Helm, Kustomize), plus GitOps Actions, plus GitOps delivery (Argo CD and/or Flux)
- SAST/DAST, secrets management, least-privilege IAM, and vulnerability management as routine work
- Metrics, logs, and traces with Datadog, Sentry, or equivalents
- Node.js / TypeScript and Python, plus Bash scripting on Linux
- PostgreSQL and MongoDB; messaging/workflows with Temporal
- Git / GitHub workflows and a documentation-first, async communication style
- TCP/IP, DNS, routing, load balancing
- AI / ML infrastructure (model-training pipelines, vector search)
- Cloud cost and capacity management at scale
- Compliance-sensitive environments (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001)
Benefits
- Full-time offers include base salary, equity, and benefits.
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