Staff Software Engineer - Cloud Platform & DevSecOps

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Job Summary

We are looking for a hands-on Staff Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable cloud platform capabilities used by engineering teams. The role focuses on platform architecture, Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, CI/CD and DevSecOps, with end-to-end ownership of production services. This is an engineering role rather than a cloud administration role.

Platform Engineering & Architecture

• Translate engineering requirements into scalable, secure, reliable platform capabilities and self-service tooling.
• Design cloud and platform solutions across compute, networking, identity, Kubernetes, and managed services.
• Lead technical design reviews and influence architecture and engineering practices across teams.

• Build and maintain platform services, automation, developer tooling, and reusable Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Develop reusable Terraform modules and automate infrastructure provisioning and operational workflows.
• Use Python, Go, Java, or Kotlin for platform tooling and systems integration.

• Operate and improve production Kubernetes/container platforms and deployment patterns.
• Build and maintain secure CI/CD and GitOps workflows across build, test, scan, deployment, and rollback.
• Integrate security and policy controls into platform and delivery pipelines.

• Own platform capabilities end-to-end from design and implementation through production support.
• Drive reliability, observability, incident response, root-cause analysis, and reduction of operational toil.
• Partner with engineering, security, networking, and infrastructure teams to resolve complex technical problems.

• Lead significant technical initiatives and make pragmatic decisions balancing reliability, security, cost, and engineering productivity.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing.

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, infrastructure, or SRE.
• Strong hands-on experience with production cloud infrastructure.
• Strong Kubernetes experience, preferably with EKS, AKS, or GKE.
• Strong Terraform/IaC experience; Terragrunt is a plus.
• Experience with CI/CD, GitOps, and DevSecOps practices.
• Programming/scripting skills in Python, Go, Java, or Kotlin.
• Good understanding of cloud networking, IAM, security, automation, and production operations.
• Strong technical leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

• Multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud experience.
• Backstage or internal developer platform experience.
• Argo CD/GitOps experience.
• Experience with disaster recovery, cloud landing zones, or large-scale platform engineering.
• Exposure to AI-enabled engineering automation or developer workflows.

• Reliable, scalable platform capabilities delivered to engineering teams.
• Higher adoption of self-service infrastructure and reusable automation.
• Improved deployment reliability and reduced operational toil.
• Strong technical ownership of production services and effective incident resolution.
• Improved developer productivity without compromising security or reliability.