Platform Engineer II (Application Infrastructure)

Whoop•Boston, MA

53d•Onsite

About The Position

At WHOOP, we're on a mission to unlock human performance and healthspan. WHOOP empowers members to perform at a higher level and live longer through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives. Protecting our members’ data and ensuring our systems scale securely and reliably is core to this mission. As a Platform Engineer II on the Application Infrastructure team, you will play a key role in building and operating the infrastructure and tooling in WHOOP’s cloud environments. You will work at the intersection of infrastructure and developer experience, influencing how our systems are designed, deployed, and operated.

Requirements

2-4 years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure roles
Hands-on experience with AWS services, including IAM, EC2, S3, MSK, and Aurora
Experience with Infrastructure as Code in production environments (Terraform preferred).
Strong understanding of cloud security and reliability principles, including least privilege, logging/monitoring, resource isolation, and disaster recovery.
Experience with containerized platforms such as Kubernetes or Amazon EKS.
Proficiency with scripting or programming languages (Python, Go, Java, or Bash).
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, secrets management, and automated reliability tooling.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex distributed systems
Effective communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams

Nice To Haves

Expertise in managing CI/CD pipelines for building application code across multiple languages
Experience with relational database systems like PostgreSQL
Experience implementing policy-as-code or access control frameworks
Exposure to modern edge and delivery technologies such as Cloudflare, CDN configuration, and TLS/SSL certificate management.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure cloud infrastructure in AWS using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform
Build and manage IAM systems, access controls, and least-privilege policies to reduce risk and limit blast radius in our systems
Build and maintain secure, reliable, and scalable AWS and Kubernetes environments across multiple accounts and services
Collaborate with platform, product, and data science teams to deliver resilient infrastructure that enables rapid product development and member trust.
Contribute to the automation of cloud operations, from CI/CD pipelines to monitoring and alerting systems.
Develop and improve guardrails for cloud security and compliance, including IAM, backups, logging, and configuration management.
Participate in incident response and troubleshooting for infrastructure and events.
Participate in audits and compliance efforts by ensuring infrastructure is observable, auditable, and well-documented
Drive best practices in reliability, performance, cost optimization, and security across the platform.