Platform Engineer (DevOps/SRE/Infra)

The Platform Engineer role at Coast is a critical position that involves building and maintaining the platform infrastructure for the company. This role requires expertise in DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure, and the engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and improving the tooling and processes related to build, testing, release automation, network security, scalability, and observability. The goal is to establish automated and efficient processes that enable the product engineering team to work effectively and strike a balance between freedom and responsibility. The Platform Engineer will also have the opportunity to contribute to the engineering culture of the company and shape the infrastructure and platform aspects of the product.

• Maximize the velocity for the product engineering team by simplifying their infrastructure concerns
• Influence the design and implementation of all aspects of the product
• Hold a high bar for quality, discipline, and organization of the underlying infrastructure
• Evangelize, advocate, lead, and promote best practices
• Shape the infrastructure and platform aspects of the product based on feedback from engineering teams
• Evaluate and integrate critical third-party software and infrastructure
• Help shape the engineering culture of the company
• Balance product velocity demand with the needs of a well-managed platform
• Have 4-6 years of experience working with engineering teams and delivering quality software to production
• Work directly with product engineers to improve practices
• Be proficient in at least one language ecosystem (Python, Ruby, Java, TypeScript/JavaScript, Go)
• Have experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, CDK)
• Have deep hands-on knowledge and experience developing in the cloud (preferably AWS) with container management solutions (Kubernetes, ECS)
• Be able to figure out solutions in the complex infrastructure space.

• 4-6 years experience working with first-class engineering teams with a proven track record of consistent and frequent delivery of quality software to production
• Experience working directly with product engineers to incrementally improve practices
• Proficient in at least one language ecosystem (Python, Ruby, Java, TypeScript/JavaScript, Go)
• Experience with one of Terraform/CloudFormation/Pulumi/CDK
• Deep hands-on knowledge and experience developing in the cloud (preferably AWS) with container management solutions (Kubernetes, ECS)
• Ability to figure out solutions in the modern infrastructure space

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Unlimited paid time off (vacation, personal well-being, paid holidays)
• Paid parental leave
• $400 accessories allowance for home office setup
• Free lunch every Friday