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Principal Platform Engineer
ALT*** · New York, NY, United States
New York, NY, United StatesFull timeExp: 10+ yrs250,000-295,000 USD/yearlyRemote
Remuneration
Competitive equity grants for most full-time offers; discretionary bonus or variable compensation depending on role.
Location
New York, NY, United States
Visa sponsorship
Sponsors visa
Job summary
The Principal Platform Engineer sets technical direction and reference architecture for a platform spanning AWS and Azure, multi-tenant commercial services, and regulated and sovereign environments. The role leads cross-organizational architecture for Kubernetes, identity and access, environment provisioning, infrastructure as code, GitOps, and release engineering, while prototyping critical components and partnering with security, compliance, product, and finance. It also mentors engineers and helps embed accreditation requirements into the platform.
Benefits
Flexible time offPaid parental leaveMedical, vision, and dental coverageEmployer-paid high-deductible health plan and HSA contributionFlexible Spending AccountLife, short- and long-term disability, and AD&D insurance401(k) savings programCommuter benefitsCalm subscriptionPet insurance and veterinary services discount planEmployee Assistance ProgramDependent Care FSACompetitive equity grants for most full-time offersDiscretionary bonus or variable compensation depending on role
Qualifications
- 10+ years building and operating cloud infrastructure and platforms.
- Experience as a technical authority for a platform used by other engineering teams.
- Background in SRE or platform engineering.
- Production experience with AWS and/or Azure at multi-account, multi-environment scale.
- Strong Terraform, OpenTofu, or equivalent infrastructure-as-code skills.
- Deep Kubernetes experience, including cluster and multi-cluster operations.
- Production experience with GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux.
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development and agentic coding tools.
- Understanding of regulatory and accreditation constraints, including environments where continuous delivery does not apply.
- Programming ability in Python, Go, or similar languages.
- Demonstrated ability to gain adoption across teams through influence.
- Excellent written communication and experience producing design documents and RFCs.
- BS or MS in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
Responsibilities
- Own platform reference architecture across AWS, Azure, and commercial, regulated, and sovereign environments.
- Drive technical decisions and systems architecture across organizational boundaries.
- Translate company strategy into technical strategy aligned with customer and product outcomes.
- Lead architecture for ingress, API gateways, identity and access management, SSO, RBAC, and service communication.
- Design repeatable provisioning for regions, accredited environments, and customer tenants.
- Set standards for infrastructure as code, GitOps, Kubernetes configuration, and release engineering.
- Promote platform patterns through RFCs, design reviews, and reference implementations.
- Establish technical design review and alignment forums.
- Partner with product, implementation, finance, security, and compliance stakeholders.
- Prototype platform components and proofs of concept.
- Mentor engineers, participate in hiring, and represent technical work to customers and partners.
Skills
Argo CDAWSAzureFluxGoKubernetesOpenTofuPythonTerraformREST
Degrees
BS or MS in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
Languages
PythonGo
Industry
Cloud infrastructurePlatform engineeringGlobal trade technologyGovernment and regulated technology
Relocation
No