Staff Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)

Location: Austin, Texas, United States; hybrid

Company

hirify.global develops and publishes culture-shaping video games and operates a portfolio of game development studios.

What you will do

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable Kubernetes infrastructure integrated with the Internal Developer Platform.
• Build self-service infrastructure, reusable Terraform libraries, and automation for multi-cloud and terrestrial data center environments.
• Use AI, LLMs, and agentic workflows for environment bootstrapping, infrastructure provisioning, security vulnerability automation, and troubleshooting.
• Define organization-wide standards for Kubernetes, container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and service discovery.
• Provide Tier 3 support, perform root cause analysis, and implement architectural improvements for recurring platform issues.
• Advise Product Engineering teams, lead platform on-call escalations, and mentor senior technical talent.

Requirements

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.
• Expert-level Kubernetes architecture, including operators, controllers, CRDs, cloud-native ecosystems, and container security.
• 10+ years of Infrastructure, DevOps, or Platform Engineering experience, including 4+ years building internal developer platforms or Kubernetes-based tooling.
• Deep experience managing elastic, mission-critical workloads on AWS and/or GCP, including multi-region, high-availability systems.
• Advanced proficiency in Go, Python, or Java for automation tools, Kubernetes operators, and APIs.
• Mastery of Git, Jenkins, GitLab CI or GitHub Actions, Ansible or Puppet, and Terraform; participation in a 24/7 rotational on-call schedule is required.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting large-scale multiplayer backend services in the gaming industry.
• Contributions to platform engineering open-source projects such as Backstage or Crossplane.
• Strong knowledge of networking protocols and global traffic management.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a diverse and inclusive environment focused on creativity, authenticity, innovation, and employee support.
• Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities during the application and employment process.
• Platform availability is supported through a 24/7 rotational on-call schedule.