Senior Platform Engineer — Remote & Growth-Focused

AgileEngine, LLC.; Colombia; Remote; COP 120,000,000 - 180,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Arkestro is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design and scale core infrastructure that supports rapid growth. You will build reliable platform services, manage cloud resources on AWS and Kubernetes, and work with service mesh technologies to keep systems secure and performant.

You should have hands-on experience with distributed architecture, API design, and AI-native tooling. This remote role offers flexible hours and a chance to influence tooling and architecture across global teams.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of server development in Python or TypeScript.
• 3+ years of API design and development including REST/gRPC.
• 2+ years of experience with AWS and Kubernetes and service mesh technologies.
• 2+ years of building advanced architectural components such as service registry, streaming, event bus, distributed caching, etc.
• 6+ months of experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, harness engineering, or AIOps tooling.
• 6+ months of SDLC AI-native usage via Claude Code or similar.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable platform services to support Arkestro's growth.
• Measure, monitor, and optimize system performance, identifying bottlenecks and implementing infrastructure-level improvements.
• Manage cloud resources and service boundaries, ensuring security and operational excellence.
• Implement best practices, methodologies, and tools to optimize the development process and increase efficiency.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders, including senior leadership, to provide updates on project status, risks, and issues.

Skills

Server development

API design

Distributed architecture

LLMs

AI tooling

SDLC AI-native usage

Communication skills

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Service Mesh tooling (Istio/Linkerd/Cilium)

Job description

Arkestro is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design and scale core infrastructure that supports rapid growth. You will build reliable platform services, manage cloud resources on AWS and Kubernetes, and work with service mesh technologies to keep systems secure and performant.

You should have hands-on experience with distributed architecture, API design, and AI-native tooling. This remote role offers flexible hours and a chance to influence tooling and architecture across global teams.