Staff Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)

TL;DR

Staff Platform Engineer (Kubernetes): Defining and building the infrastructure and platform architecture behind a scalable, secure engineering operations product with an accent on Kubernetes, GitOps, multi-tenant isolation, database reliability, and compliance deployments. Focus on designing blast-radius protection, hardening deployment foundations for government customers, and setting organization-wide standards for observability and operational readiness.

Location: Fully remote within the United States; occasional company offsites require in-person attendance.

Salary: $250,000–$285,000 per year, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global is a YC-backed engineering operations platform company building tools for developer experience, governance, reliability, security, and AI-augmented software delivery.

What you will do

• Define architecture and engineering standards for the platform and infrastructure layer.
• Own the deployment pipeline and lead the transition to GitOps with Argo.
• Design multi-tenant isolation, blast-radius protection, and dedicated or single-tenant deployments.
• Lead database stabilization, performance improvements, availability initiatives, and safe migrations.
• Build infrastructure for encryption, authentication, data-flow boundaries, and compliance-heavy government deployments.
• Establish standards for observability, on-call operations, and platform-first engineering in collaboration with leadership and product.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on experience designing, operating, and scaling high-performance production systems.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code, including Terraform.
• Strong PostgreSQL or comparable database experience covering performance, availability, and migrations at scale.
• System-level architectural judgment, including multi-region planning, blast-radius analysis, and failure-mode prevention.
• Working proficiency in at least one application language, preferably on the JVM, with the ability to debug and ship changes across infrastructure and application layers.
• Strong security mindset, fluent critical use of AI in engineering, and excellent communication and technical leadership skills.

Nice to have

• FedRAMP, FISMA, or other government and compliance deployment experience.
• Experience working at a hyper-growth startup.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work with flexible working hours and occasional company-wide offsites.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance fully covered for employees.
• Unlimited paid time off and gender-neutral parental leave.
• 401(k) plan, pet insurance, and monthly perks stipend.
• $1,000 annual learning and development stipend.
• Competitive equity package.