Senior Platform Engineer

Getunblocked; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a high-growth SaaS company as a Platform Engineer, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of developer tools. This position offers the chance to work on cloud infrastructure automation, ensuring that software development teams can focus on what they do best—writing code. You'll collaborate closely with engineers, providing the automation and infrastructure resources necessary for rapid deployment and security. With a flexible work environment and opportunities for personal growth, this role is perfect for passionate individuals eager to make a significant impact in a dynamic team setting.

Benefits

Equity in the company

Generous medical benefits

Generous dental benefits

Flexible vacation policy

Choice of Apple hardware

Personal growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in cloud infrastructure automation and product maintenance.
• Proficient in scripting languages for automation and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise and automation tools for engineering teams.
• Architect, secure, operate, and maintain overall system infrastructure.

Skills

Cloud Infrastructure Automation

Networking Concepts

Security Best Practices

System Architecture Design

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Azure

GCP

Terraform

Python

Bash

Go

CI/CD Tools

Microservices Architecture

Tools

AWS CDK

Prometheus

Grafana

Github Actions

Jenkins

CircleCI

Job description

As a Platform Engineer working at Unblocked, you will provide expertise, provision infrastructure resources, and create automation tools needed by our engineering teams to get software out the door more quickly and with security in mind. You will have a significant impact on how the overall system is architected, secured, operated, and maintained.

About Unblocked

Unblocked is a high-growth, well-funded SaaS company that helps answer questions software development teams have about their applications. This allows them to spend less time in meetings/dealing with interruptions and more time writing code.

We are a small team with track record of building developer tools that solve real problems. We encourage participation in the entire product development process, and you will have the opportunity to help define Unblocked and shape its roadmap, implement the solutions that deliver the experience customers love, and get firsthand feedback from the teams who use what we have built.

About You

You’ve gained extensive experience as a software engineer focused on cloud infrastructure automation with a track record of building, operating, and maintaining products that customers love. You’ve seen enough to know what not to do and still maintain an unreasonable passion to automate everything else. You are open to learning, evaluating and adopting new technologies.

Requirements

• Based in Vancouver, British Columbia (and be in the office 4 days a week).
• Solid grasp of networking concepts, security best practices, and system architecture design.
• Deep understanding of container orchestration technologies like Kubernetes and Docker.
• Expert-level experience with a Cloud Platform such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with a configuration management tools such as AWS CDK, Terraform or Pulumi.
• Experience with monitoring and alerting systems (Prometheus, Grafana).
• Demonstrated leadership of fellow team members in the delivery of a project.
• Experience collaborating with software engineering teams.
• Proficient in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Go for automation and tooling.
• Experience with microservices architecture.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Github Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI).
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as SOC2, GDPR or ISO 27001.

Culturally, we're looking for people who are:

• Driven to get things done: Anxious to design, build, and ship solutions on aggressive timelines; Willing to take pen to paper and write/sketch ideas, concepts, interactions; We are looking for makers, doers, creators!
• Able to play well with others: Comfortable in collaborative work environments; Solid communication skills; Great presenter, but even a better listener; Humble enough to actively solicit and incorporate feedback.
• A passionate, tireless, selfless advocate for the end-user: Unwavering in your desire to provide the best experience; Must be an effective champion for the interests of the customer.
• Different: Unique skill sets, methodologies, working styles, and ideas; Able to up-level an already strong team; Inspire the broader team with your expertise; Willingness to work outside your comfort zone and learn from others.
• An ambitious malcontent: Dissatisfied with the status quo in the world around you; Constantly aware of the potential for improvement with a keen desire to help technology play a more meaningful role in people's lives.

What's in it for you?

• Equity in the company for eligible candidates, offering the opportunity to share in our long-term success and growth.
• Generous medical and dental benefits.
• A very flexible vacation policy.
• Your choice of Apple hardware to get you started.
• Personal growth. We're a small company where there's no shortage of different projects to work on.