Staff Platform Engineer - Remote

Overview

We’re seeking a Staff Platform Engineer, in this remote position, to lead infrastructure and platform engineering across Azure and AWS environments. This role is ideal for a highly driven, self-managed engineer with a passion for building robust cloud-native platforms and mentoring others. You will design and support systems using modern DevOps practices, infrastructure as code, and observability tooling, with a strong emphasis on Elastic Stack for system monitoring and insights.

In Short

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, optimizing deployment workflows for security, speed, and reliability.
• Architect and implement infrastructure on Azure and AWS using Terraform and immutable infrastructure patterns.
• Automate infrastructure and operations using Bash, PowerShell, and/or Python.
• Build and manage robust observability systems using the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) to support logging, metrics, and alerting.
• Collaborate with application and data teams to ensure platform capabilities meet engineering needs.
• Lead platform initiatives, establish best practices, and ensure infrastructure reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by mentoring engineers and promoting knowledge sharing.
• Act as a strategic partner in shaping technical direction and infrastructure vision.
• Participate in on-call rotations and provide technical leadership during incidents.

Requirements

• 7+ years in platform, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering roles.
• Deep experience with Azure and AWS cloud platforms.
• Strong proficiency in Terraform, infrastructure-as-code, and automation.
• Hands-on experience scripting with Bash, PowerShell, or Python.
• Expertise with GitHub and GitHub Actions for source control and CI/CD automation.
• Proven experience implementing and maintaining observability solutions, especially using the Elastic Stack (ELK).
• Deep understanding of cloud security, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
• Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives and mentor other engineers.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; thrives in collaborative and inclusive teams.
• Self-starter with exceptional organizational and decision-making skills.

Benefits

• The Seattle base salary range for this full-time position is $188k-$216k.
• Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, EAP, short-term and long-term disability, 16 days PTO, 8 paid holidays, fully paid holiday closure, parental and family medical leave, 401k, stock options and annual bonuses and salary increases based on merit.