Senior Platform Engineer

Summary

Join Consensys, a leading blockchain and web3 software company, as a Senior Platform Engineer on our Internal Developer Platform Team. You will build, deploy, and operate our internal platform, built with Backstage and Crossplane. Contribute to expanding platform capabilities, deliver high-quality functionality, collaborate with DevOps teams, and design architectures for new initiatives. Troubleshoot production issues, maintain CI/CD pipelines, and identify bugs. This role requires extensive experience with Kubernetes, infrastructure tooling (especially Crossplane), AWS networking, and CI/CD processes. Consensys offers a remote-friendly, start-up environment and a competitive salary.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience working with Kubernetes and its internals
• Strong commitment to producing readable, well-designed, and well-tested solutions
• Have exceptional problem-solving abilities, a proactive mindset, and a commitment to continuous improvement
• Extensive experience with infrastructure tooling, particularly Crossplane
• Background in software engineering, preferably with Go
• Comprehensive knowledge of AWS networking (VPCs/Routing, Transit Gateway, etc.)
• Proficiency with load balancing and reverse proxies (NLBs and Nginx)
• Experience in network security (Web Application Firewalls, Rate Limiting, DDoS mitigation, etc.)
• Experience with observability solutions, especially the Grafana OSS stack (LGTM)
• Experience with CI/CD processes, particularly continuous deployment (CD) using ArgoCD

Responsibilities

• Contribute to expanding the platform’s offerings and capabilities
• Deliver high-quality, well-tested, and reliable functionality and services to production environments
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to assess and recommend technologies that support organizational needs
• Work closely with other infrastructure teams to holistically integrate their offerings into the platform
• Design and communicate thoughtful, thorough architectures for new initiatives
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues efficiently
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for the platform and its components
• Identify, report, and fix bugs in both private and public projects

Preferred Qualifications

• Passion for Kubernetes and the Cloud Native ecosystem
• Deep understanding of the Kubernetes API, architecture, resource model, and programming paradigms
• Active participation in open-source communities, including contributions, speaking engagements, and blogging

Benefits

• Remote-friendly, start-up environment
• $115,000 — $160,000 USD (US pay range, not including bonus, equity or other benefits)