- Raydar
- New York, NY
- Full-Time
- 14 days ago
- $175,000–$220,000 / year
Senior Platform Engineer.
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Senior Platform Engineer: our view in 3 lines...
- The Role:This role is for a senior platform engineer working on a large cloud data platform at a technology company.
- The Person:The person will design and operate the data platform, maintain delivery pipelines and infrastructure tooling, address reliability and security needs, diagnose and optimize issues, and coach fellow engineers.
- Requirements:The ideal candidate has at least five years of software engineering experience with production distributed systems, practical AWS experience, and a grounding in DevOps, automated delivery, infrastructure code, monitoring, and distributed systems.
About the role
About the company
Our client is a technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead the creation and day-to-day running of a large cloud data platform, covering storage design, release automation and system reliability. The position also involves supporting colleagues through technical coaching and working within strict security and compliance expectations.
What you'll do
- Architect and operate a data platform that takes in very large volumes of information and makes it quick to query.
- Make considered choices about storage tiers, distributed databases and streaming technologies for high-volume workloads.
- Run containerized applications at scale across several environments using version-controlled, declarative deployments.
- Create and maintain automated delivery pipelines, infrastructure code and internal tooling so teammates can release changes with confidence.
- Support the platform's operation inside government-grade compliance frameworks, keeping it secure, auditable and dependable.
- Diagnose and optimize problems anywhere in the stack, from application logic through to storage and network layers.
- Coach fellow engineers by reviewing their work, pairing with them and offering guidance.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- At least 5 years as a software engineer working on distributed systems running in production.
- Practical experience running production workloads on AWS.
- Background in designing storage and lookup systems that handle very large data volumes across tiers.
- Solid grounding in DevOps, including automated delivery, infrastructure code, monitoring and hands-off releases.
- Sound knowledge of how distributed systems behave.
- Willingness to take full responsibility for a system, from initial design to release and being on call for it.
- Proven history of building and running dependable systems at scale.
Bonus points
- Exposure to government or other tightly regulated environments, such as FedRAMP.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 175,000 to 220,000 per year
- Equity
- Health, dental and vision coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Wellness programs
- Paid holidays
- Unlimited paid time off
- Retirement plan with employer match
Location and work model
- New York, NY, United States
- Hybrid, with some in-office presence
- Full-time