Senior Platform Engineer - Developer Experience

Summary

Join Shakepay's Platform team as a Senior Platform Engineer and empower developers by enhancing their workflows and building impactful tools. You will lead initiatives to streamline processes, automate tasks, and improve developer productivity. This hands-on role requires strong experience in DevEx, DevOps, and automation, along with expertise in various technologies. The ideal candidate will have a passion for improving developer efficiency and a proven track record of delivering results. Shakepay offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, remote work options, and opportunities for professional development.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a Developer Experience (DevEx), Platform, or DevOps role, with a proven track record of delivering impactful improvements
• Deep understanding of engineering processes, system design, and optimising development workflows
• Strong proficiency with automation and scripting languages (e.g., Bash, TypeScript, YAML) and experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Expertise in GitOps, infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, and developer tooling (e.g., build systems, code quality tools, IDE integrations)
• Passion for improving developer efficiency and driving measurable business outcomes through technical excellence
• Fluency in English

Responsibilities

• Mentor engineers on enhancing their development workflows, tooling, and best practices
• Lead efforts to streamline processes, automate manual tasks, and improve developer productivity
• Work closely with engineers to uncover pain points and inefficiencies in the development process and drive impactful improvements
• Build and integrate tools that measure and improve DORA metrics (deployment frequency, lead time, etc.)
• Collaborate with product and platform engineers to design solutions that eliminate friction in the development process
• Participate in the on-call rotation and help ensure it remains sustainable for the team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with technologies like Kubernetes, SQS, Datadog, AWS Cloud (Aurora, EKS, VPC, Lambdas), PostgreSQL, Terraform, ArgoCD, Helm, and Node.js
• Background in building FinTech infrastructure or understanding the unique challenges in this space
• Passion for improving internal developer documentation and knowledge sharing
• Familiarity with Bitcoin and excitement to learn more
• A curated folder of Safe-for-Work reaction memes to keep the team laughing

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and stock options
• Health benefits from day 1
• Remote-friendly
• Learning and development: A $2,000 annual budget for courses, certifications, and training to support your career growth
• Time off: 20 days of vacation per year. And if you use all your vacation, we give you a $1,000 bonus
• Parental leave: Enjoy a parental leave top up to 100% of your salary for 18 weeks
• Home office setup: A MacBook, a $1,200 budget for home office improvements, and a monthly stipend for home and internet expenses
• Salary in bitcoin option
• Team and company offsites