Platform Engineer

Summary

Join Xapo Bank's fully distributed team as a Developer Experience Platform Engineer and work remotely from anywhere in the world. You will be responsible for creating a self-service, seamless, and secure platform for engineering teams, enabling faster time to market. This involves building and maintaining the platform, utilizing cloud-native principles and automation, and providing coaching and mentoring to colleagues. The ideal candidate possesses strong problem-solving skills, extensive experience with cloud environments (AWS or GCP preferred), and expertise in DevOps tools and technologies. Xapo offers a flexible work environment, a yearly budget for professional development, and a focus on work-life balance.

Requirements

• Strong Problem solving skills and a growth mindset, the ability to learn and use the best in class technology and tools to address our requirements
• A good technical knowledge of software and systems – able to dive into details with engineers and speak in plain language with stakeholders
• Stays abreast of current technology developments and has demonstrated the ability to retain competitive advantage by implementing relevant technologies in software products
• Experience building and shaping developer’s environment as code and using pipelines, solid expertise in GitHub and GitHub action is mandatory
• Strong knowledge and experience in designing, deploying, and administering complex cloud environments
• Strong understanding of Docker and best practices
• A dedicated workspace
• A reliable internet connection with the fastest speed possible in your area
• Devices and other essential equipment that meet minimal technical specifications
• Alignment with Our Values and the Xapo Values-Driven Leadership principles

Responsibilities

• Proactively work with stakeholders like Engineering Team, Product and Security, to identify and build a robust, self-serve and scalable framework of automated actions
• Be part of a technical decision group, as your inputs will influence the Platform landscape and roadmap
• Deliver self-serve capabilities to our developers that allow them to provision, manage and operate their own infrastructure and services deployment
• Build high quality code into everything we do by following industry best practices and at the same time being able to understand what Xapo needs and make decisions according to it
• Provide coaching and mentoring to colleagues around how to build sustainable services and automated pipelines
• Keep security and compliance at the forefront of all you do

Preferred Qualifications

• Ideally is comfortable in a variety of scripting and coding languages
• Preferably AWS or GCP certified and has a good understanding of cloud architecture best practices

Benefits

• Shape the Future: Improve lives through cutting-edge technology, work 100% remotely from anywhere in the world
• Great work-life balance: Build amazing things with a balance of autonomy and collaborative teamwork. Set your own work schedule and make use of a flexible PTO plan when you need to recharge
• Expect Excellence: Collaborate, learn, and grow with a high-performance team. Learn how you learn best - from books to conferences, you’ll get a yearly budget for your individual learning and development goals