Staff Platform Engineer (AWS / Kubernetes / Terraform)

New York City – 4 Days Onsite | $200,000 – $250,000 Base + Equity

Want to architect and operate the platform behind mission-critical AI and financial data products, rather than own one narrow part of an established infrastructure stack?

We’re looking for a Staff Platform Engineer to join a fast-growing, VC-backed AI company building data infrastructure for regulated financial services organizations.

This is a senior, hands-on engineering role combining platform architecture with day-to-day ownership of production AWS infrastructure. You’ll determine how the platform evolves across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, deployment systems, event-driven services and durable workflows, while remaining close to implementation and production operations.

You’ll work directly with the CTO and engineering team, establishing scalable architectural patterns, improving developer velocity and helping the platform support a rapidly growing product and customer base.

The role:

Own the architecture and evolution of the company’s production platform on AWS
Design scalable event-driven systems and durable application workflows, including the use of Temporal where appropriate
Build and operate Kubernetes infrastructure using Terraform and Docker
Modernize cloud architecture across compute, storage, networking and deployment systems
Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows and developer tooling
Establish reusable platform patterns and integrations for Node.js and Python services
Improve monitoring, alerting, observability and production reliability
Support incident response, disaster recovery and infrastructure resilience
Embed practical security controls and support SOC 2 compliance and audit readiness
Advise the CTO and engineering team on platform architecture, technical trade-offs and long-term scalability
Remain hands-on with implementation, troubleshooting and day-to-day production operations

Requirements:

6+ years of experience across platform, infrastructure, cloud or distributed systems engineering
Staff-level experience influencing platform architecture and making significant technical decisions
Deep, hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform and Docker
Strong CI/CD, monitoring and observability experience
Experience designing distributed, event-driven or asynchronous systems
Hands-on experience building platform infrastructure and integrations for Node.js and Python services
A track record of improving platform scalability, reliability and developer velocity
Experience working within a fast-moving startup, scale-up or high-caliber engineering environment
Ideally, experience within FinTech, InsurTech, HealthTech or another regulated B2B SaaS environment
Comfortable balancing long-term architecture with day-to-day infrastructure ownership
Strong technical judgment, communication skills and the ability to operate independently

Experience with Temporal or another durable workflow orchestration platform would be particularly useful, as would exposure to SOC 2, AI products and security-conscious production environments.

Compensation:

$200,000 – $250,000 base salary
Equity
Full medical/dental/vision healthcare and benefits
401k
Unlimited PTO (Paid Time Off)
New York City, four days per week in-office, pets are welcome!

This is an opportunity to take Staff-level ownership of a production platform at a high-growth AI company, combining architectural influence with genuine hands-on engineering. You’ll help define how the platform scales while remaining close to the infrastructure, code and operational challenges behind it.

If you’re a Senior Platform Engineer who enjoys both designing systems and operating them in production, please send your resume to Jennifer Palmer at IT Recruitment Solutions.

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