Platform Engineer

Summary

Join Roadie, a UPS company, as a Platform Engineer and contribute to building and maintaining reusable services, components, and tools for application delivery. You will focus on improving the developer experience by enabling the engineering team to deploy scalable solutions quickly and efficiently. This role involves working on existing systems, creating internal tools, building and maintaining APIs and UIs, ensuring optimal performance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. You will plan and execute short-term and long-term engineering goals, applying industry best practices to improve application performance and maintainability. The ideal candidate is a skilled full-stack engineer with experience in platform engineering solutions.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 4+ years experience as a full stack developer or similar role
• 1+ year experience working on platform engineering solutions
• Experience with Cloud Services – (e.g. AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud)
• Experience with Version Control Systems (e.g. GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket)
• Experience with Containerization (e.g. Docker, Podman)
• Extensive experience with Kubernetes and ArgoCD
• Monitoring (e.g. New Relic, Sumo Logic, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elastic Search, Logstash, Kibana))
• Experience designing client-side and server-side architecture
• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery, TypeScript)
• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. Go, Ruby, C#, Java, Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js)
• Be able to write and analyze complex SQL queries

Responsibilities

• Work on existing systems that allow our engineers to deliver features efficiently, quickly, and reliably
• Create internal tools to accommodate org-specific workflows, enforce security policies, and maintain compliance with regulatory standards
• Build, maintain and document custom APIs, CLIs, and web UIs that expose the platform’s functionality and reliability
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of internal toolchains by identifying bugs and solving problems
• Collaborate with software developers, infrastructure engineers, and other stakeholders on cross-functional teams
• Work in a fast-paced environment where we are frequently iterating to support the needs of our product engineers by enhancing our internal apps and processes
• Plan and execute on short-term and long-term engineering goals individually and within the greater technology team
• Apply experience and knowledge of industry best practices to support and continuously improve the performance, efficiency, and maintainability of existing applications

Preferred Qualifications

Experience tracking DORA metrics and Platform Engineering KPIs

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages
• 100% covered health insurance premiums for yourself
• 401k with company match
• Tuition and student loan repayment assistance (that’s right - Roadie will contribute directly to your existing student loans!)
• Flexible work schedule with unlimited PTO
• Monthly 3-day weekends
• Monthly WFH stipend
• The technology you need to get the job done