Staff Engineer - Platform Engineering

Early Warning® • San Francisco, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

A Staff Platform Engineer defines and drives technical strategy for platform and runtime capabilities that support scalable, secure, and highly available product experiences. This role architects, designs, and delivers foundational services while acting as a technical leader across teams to solve complex, cross-functional problems and enable engineering velocity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• Typically 8+ years of software or platform engineering experience.
• Strong experience with distributed systems and large-scale infrastructure.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and fully automated software delivery.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker, ECS, etc.).
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.).
• Experience with a modern programming language (Java, Python, Go, etc.).
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS or similar).
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building platform capabilities in identity, authentication, authorization, secrets management, or certificate management.
• Strong understanding of modern identity and security standards (OAuth/OIDC, TLS/mTLS, SPIFFE, PKI).
• Experience with encryption systems, HSMs, KMS, and cryptographic trust systems.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems components (API gateways, load balancing, caching, messaging systems).
• Experience building developer platforms, APIs, and self-service tooling.
• Strong knowledge of SRE principles (SLA, SLO/SLI, observability, alerting, incident response).
• Experience operating high-scale production systems and resolving complex incidents.
• Experience with service mesh, secrets management systems (e.g., Vault), or certificate lifecycle automation.
• Experience writing advanced IaC modules or platform abstractions.
• Relevant certifications (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform) are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive technical strategy and roadmap for platform and runtime capabilities aligned to product and enterprise needs.
• Architect, design, build, and operate scalable, secure, and highly available platform services.
• Lead complex, high-impact initiatives from concept through implementation, influencing cross-team technical direction.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to understand requirements and enable seamless integration with platform services.
• Implement secure-by-default solutions across infrastructure and application layers.
• Contribute to and enforce best practices across software development lifecycle, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across teams.
• Participate in production support and drive improvements in reliability, observability, and operational excellence.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and apply them to solve large-scale platform challenges.
• Support risk management, security, and compliance requirements.

Benefits

• Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
• Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree