Principal Platform Engineer
About The Position
As the senior-most engineer on the platform team, your work will have a profound impact on our core high-throughput, low-latency trading application, directly influencing our business’s bottom line. You will help us scale our infrastructure for continuous and programmatic optimization of cloud resources, driving down costs while enhancing performance and utilization. In this role you will: Design, implement and evolve our cloud infrastructure to support our applications, services and ever-growing scale Collaborate with engineering, operations, and security teams to define and implement cloud architecture for moving on-prem application and services to cloud while maintaining a high bar for security, reliability, and scalability Enhance monitoring and optimize the cloud infrastructure for performance, cost, and security Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for cloud-based applications Automate cloud operations and infrastructure management tasks using tools such as Terraform Ensure compliance with security policies and industry standards Mentor and guide peers and junior engineers in cloud infrastructure and DevOps best practices
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 10+ years of progressive engineering experience in Site Reliability or adjacent disciplines (Platform, Backend Engineering, etc)
- 5+ years of experience in deploying, managing, and supporting modern cloud-based environments and infrastructure like AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, and IaC
- Experience supporting a 24/7 cloud-based environment via on-call
- Exceptional troubleshooting, debugging, and diagnostic skills for cloud and web-based technologies using industry standard observability tooling and frameworks
- Proven experience in designing, deploying, and managing large-scale cloud infrastructure
- Strong scripting skills in languages such as Python, Bash, or equivalent
- Deep understanding of web applications and ability to troubleshoot HTTP/HTTPS, WebSockets, TLS, DNS, TCP/IP, and similar protocols
- In-depth knowledge of networking, security, and identity management in cloud environments
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure
- Excellent communication skills and ability to articulate technical problems in a concise manner to non-technical audiences
Responsibilities
- Design, implement and evolve our cloud infrastructure to support our applications, services and ever-growing scale
- Collaborate with engineering, operations, and security teams to define and implement cloud architecture for moving on-prem application and services to cloud while maintaining a high bar for security, reliability, and scalability
- Enhance monitoring and optimize the cloud infrastructure for performance, cost, and security
- Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for cloud-based applications
- Automate cloud operations and infrastructure management tasks using tools such as Terraform
- Ensure compliance with security policies and industry standards
- Mentor and guide peers and junior engineers in cloud infrastructure and DevOps best practices
Benefits
- Generous PTO
- 7 Paid Holidays Annually + 5 Conditional Holidays Annually
- 1 Service Day Annually
- 401k with 3.5% Company Match
- Paid Parental Bonding Leave
- Health, Vision, Dental Coverage
- Life and Disability Insurance Covered 100% by NinjaTrader
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
