Senior Platform Engineer

About the Position

Senior Platform Engineer

We are building a robust, scalable trading platform to serve high-traffic, latency-sensitive applications. Our infrastructure leverages state-of-the-art technologies to support real-time trading while providing unparalleled reliability and performance. Join us to shape the future of our platform and engineering culture.

Responsibilities

Platform Engineering

• Infrastructure Design: Architect and implement scalable infrastructure to support the deployment and management of our trading platform.
• Developer Tooling: Build and maintain internal tools to streamline developer workflows, including advanced CI/CD pipelines.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Champion IaC practices using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
• Core Services Management: Manage and optimize platform-critical services such as:
  • NATS Cluster
  • RabbitMQ
  • AWS RDS PostgreSQL
  • Redis Cluster

DevOps

• Automation and CI/CD: Automate and optimize deployment processes to ensure seamless continuous integration and delivery.
• Container Orchestration: Manage and scale containerized workloads using Kubernetes and Docker.
• Cloud Optimization: Monitor and optimize cloud resource usage for performance and cost efficiency.

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

• Reliability Metrics: Define and maintain Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and Service Level Indicators (SLIs).
• Monitoring & Observability: Implement observability tools and dashboards (e.g., Prometheus, Datadog, Grafana) for real-time system monitoring.
• Incident Management: Lead incident response efforts, conduct root cause analysis, and implement actionable postmortem reviews.

Infrastructure Management

• AWS Expertise: Architect and manage cloud-based systems to handle high-traffic, latency-sensitive applications.
• Disaster Recovery: Implement robust disaster recovery and business continuity strategies, including backups and multi-region failover.
• Security Practices: Collaborate with security teams to enforce best practices for IAM, encryption, and compliance.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Cross-Team Collaboration: Partner with software engineers to design infrastructure solutions tailored to their application needs.
• Culture Building: Help shape the engineering culture, promoting a philosophy of security, velocity, and reliability.
• Mentorship: Mentor junior engineers and document best practices to drive knowledge sharing and operational excellence.

Long-Term Tech Evolution

• Backend Transition: Contribute to evolving our backend microservices (currently NodeJS, with some Python and C#) towards Go and Rust.
• Third-Party Integration: Evaluate and integrate critical third-party software and infrastructure, such as payment gateways and mobility stacks.

Requirements

Technical Expertise

• Cloud Experience: 5-8+ years of hands-on experience with cloud platforms, particularly AWS, including services like EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, and VPC.
• Containerization: Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS) or ECS.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Strong experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
• Programming Skills: Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Go, TypeScript/JavaScript, Ruby, Java).

DevOps & SRE

• CI/CD Pipelines: Expertise in building and maintaining CI/CD workflows using tools like GitLab CI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
• Monitoring Tools: Experience with observability platforms (e.g., Prometheus, Datadog, Grafana).
• Incident Management: Proven ability to handle incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortem reviews.

Soft Skills

• Problem-Solving: Ability to research, design, and deliver solutions to complex infrastructure challenges.
• Collaboration: Experience working directly with product engineers to improve workflows incrementally.
• Leadership: Ownership mindset with the ability to mentor team members and advocate for best practices.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with backend languages like Go or Rust.
• AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer).
• Experience with networking concepts (e.g., load balancers, DNS, VPNs) and traffic optimization.
• Knowledge of emerging CNCF technologies and CI/CD trends.

We Offer

• Competitive salary with future equity options
• Opportunities to work with cutting-edge technologies and evolve our platform.
• Flexible working hours and a remote-friendly environment.
• Professional growth through certifications, conferences, and internal training.
• Collaborative culture focused on innovation and operational excellence.

About the Company

We are building a robust, scalable trading platform to serve high-traffic, latency-sensitive applications. Our infrastructure leverages state-of-the-art technologies to support real-time trading while providing unparalleled reliability and performance. Join us to shape the future of our platform and engineering culture.