Principal Platform Engineer

Summary

Join PublicSquare as a Principal Platform Engineer and become part of a team building and supporting critical infrastructure, security, and SRE capabilities. You will collaborate with engineering, security, and IT teams to solve problems, optimize solutions, and improve platform availability and security. This remote, full-time position requires a solid engineering background with a focus on infrastructure and a collaborative spirit. You will work with various technologies including GCP, Kubernetes, and others. The role demands technical expertise, leadership, and excellent communication. You will contribute to the company's technical vision and product development, working with cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• At least 7 years experience in a software engineering role
• At least 5 years experience using AWS, Azure, or GCP, including automation experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi
• Experience in a lead role on an engineering team delivering critical applications at scale
• Strong scripting and automation skills in Bash and Python
• Proficiency with programming languages such as .NET, Kotlin, Go, and Javascript/TypeScript
• Experience optimizing infrastructure for cost
• Honest and fair with both their team members as well as their colleagues
• Ability to think and act strategically and proactively
• Excellent communication skills. Strong writing and presentation skills
• Knowledge of technology trends to inform and build strategy
• Ability to conduct technological analyses and research

Responsibilities

• Deliver timely, high-quality infrastructure solutions to meet business needs using IAC tools and methods
• Ensure security, scalability, availability, and maintainability of applications
• Support operational excellence across the organization: observability, incident response, performance and resilience testing
• Serve as a subject matter expert on infrastructure and architecture for the organization
• Own the execution of the development roadmap, focusing on cost optimization, scalability, and system reliability for the platform
• Communicate clearly to ensure alignment and performance across technical teams
• Partner with engineering leadership team in determining the company’s technical vision and participate in the company’s product development
• Partner with the Product team to help execute differentiating capabilities
• Work in a consultative fashion with other teams as an advisor of technologies that may improve their efficiency and effectiveness
• Supervise development best practices and infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency
• Help architect systems around security, scalability, availability, and maintainability
• Assist in production support as needed
• Evaluate and implement new technologies, frameworks, and automation patterns
• Proactively work to develop individuals on the team; to help them stay current and skilled
• Participate in a focused, experienced, energetic team on a rapid, agile development schedule

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in computer science or closely related field
• Knowledge of PCI and SOC2 Compliance best practices

Benefits

• Company paid Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible time off policy
• Paid holidays
• Discounts on our brands
• Rewards & recognition bonuses