Founding Staff Platform Engineer - Build Internal Platform

Clutch Technologies Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Clutch Technologies Inc. in Downtown Toronto is seeking its first dedicated Staff Platform Engineer to define and build a scalable internal platform that enables all engineers to move faster and operate at scale.

You will shape platform standards, drive cloud infrastructure with AWS, Terraform, and CI/CD tooling, and partner with engineering leadership to create self-service tooling and reusable patterns. This role demands ownership and a systems-thinking approach.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, DevOps, or developer tooling at scale.
• Experience operating as a Staff Engineer, Technical Lead, or senior individual contributor driving technical strategy across multiple teams.
• Deep experience with AWS, Terraform, Docker, and modern CI/CD platforms.
• Proven ability to identify organization-wide technical problems and build long-term solutions.
• Excellent written communication and documentation skills with the ability to influence engineers and technical leadership.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving startup environment with significant ownership and ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute Clutch's Platform Engineering strategy.
• Build and evolve our Internal Developer Platform to improve developer productivity through self-service tooling.
• Own the architecture and evolution of our CI/CD platform and deployment workflows.
• Design and scale cloud infrastructure using AWS, Terraform, and GitHub Actions.
• Improve developer velocity through automation, platform tooling, and infrastructure improvements.
• Define platform standards and reusable infrastructure patterns that improve reliability, observability, security, and operational excellence across the organization.

Skills

Staff leadership

Platform engineering

Cloud architecture

AWS

Terraform

Docker

CI/CD

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Docker

CI/CD platforms

Job description

Clutch Technologies Inc. in Downtown Toronto is seeking its first dedicated Staff Platform Engineer to define and build a scalable internal platform that enables all engineers to move faster and operate at scale.

You will shape platform standards, drive cloud infrastructure with AWS, Terraform, and CI/CD tooling, and partner with engineering leadership to create self-service tooling and reusable patterns. This role demands ownership and a systems-thinking approach.