Senior Platform Engineer

TL;DR

Senior Platform Engineer (Backend Dev): Build and operate core compute platform primitives based on Kubernetes across multiple regions and cloud providers, improving deployment pipelines and platform reliability. Focus on evolving GitOps and deployment patterns, defining SLOs, and enabling self-service abstractions for product engineers.

Location: Onsite in Pittsburgh, United States

Salary: $182,800–$247,300 USD

Company

hirify.global is a leading edtech company focused on developing the best education in the world and making it universally available.

What you will do

• Build and operate core compute primitives powering production workloads on Kubernetes across regions and cloud providers.
• Improve delivery pipelines by evolving GitOps and deployment patterns for safer and faster rollouts.
• Define SLOs, build dashboards and alerts, write runbooks, and participate in on-call incident response to maintain platform reliability.
• Enable effective self-service by creating reusable platform abstractions.

Requirements

• Location: Must be onsite in Pittsburgh, United States
• Strong problem-solving skills with experience delivering pragmatic production solutions.
• Experience with distributed systems fundamentals and production systems.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Argo CD, GitHub Actions) and infrastructure management tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Functional knowledge of Linux system administration and automation.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills for documentation and cross-team collaboration.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience managing production infrastructure on AWS, Google Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, or Azure.
• Exposure to multi-cluster or multi-region architectures and operational patterns.
• Experience with service mesh and zero-trust networking patterns (e.g., Istio mTLS).

Culture & Benefits

• Equity compensation and world-class benefits.
• Limitless learning opportunities and mentorship.
• Collaborative environment with world-class minds.
• Commitment to equal employment opportunity and inclusive hiring practices.