Platform Engineer

Emma of Torre.ai; México; A distancia; MXN 2.230.069 - 2.415.908; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexible paid time off

Company holidays

Occasional travel opportunities

Descripción de la vacante

A dynamic tech company is seeking a Platform Engineer to build and scale cutting-edge cloud platforms for global search solutions. This full-time remote position based in Mexico requires expertise in infrastructure management and distributed systems. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in cloud services, programming, and network configuration. Enjoy flexible hours, competitive compensation, and opportunities to advance in a growing company.

Formación

• 5+ years of experience building complex distributed systems.
• 5+ years managing infrastructure with a major cloud provider.
• 2+ years leading projects in distributed systems and API platforms.

Responsabilidades

• Develop code that bridges software and hardware for system performance.
• Automate and maintain the company’s platform environment.
• Collaborate to build, test, scale, and support the high-scale managed search platform.

Conocimientos

Infrastructure management

Distributed systems

UDP

Stream processing

SSL/TLS

Load balancing

Spanish – fully fluent

Descripción del empleo

I’m helping Kinasait find a top candidate to join their team full-time for the role of Platform Engineer.

You’ll build and scale cutting‑edge cloud platforms for global search solutions.

Compensation: USD 120K - 130K/year.

Location: Remote: Mexico.

Mission of Kinasait: Contribute to the evolution of the LATAM technological ecosystem, position Mexico as the entry point to a sea of talent in the region, and help other teams and individuals to grow.

What makes you a strong candidate

• Expert in infrastructure management, distributed systems.
• Proficient in UDP, stream processing, SSL/TLS, load balancing.
• Spanish – fully fluent.

Responsibilities

Kinasait partners with OMC to find a highly experienced senior professional. The Platform Engineer will develop code that bridges software and hardware, ensuring system performance and efficiency. This role is responsible for designing, automating, and maintaining the company’s platform environment. The position will collaborate closely with core team members to build, test, automate, scale, maintain, troubleshoot, and support the company’s high‑scale managed search platform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building complex distributed systems.
• 5+ years owning and managing infrastructure with a major cloud provider.
• 2+ years leading projects and designing distributed systems and API platforms.
• Strong experience in network configuration, debugging, and modification, including load balancing, traffic routing, TCP/UDP, SSL/TLS, firewalls, and IAM.
• Experience working directly with customers and delivering with urgency.
• Working knowledge of ETL, data warehousing, and batch or stream processing.
• Some experience with automated security scanning tools in high‑load environments.
• Some experience developing applications using the Rust programming language.

Experience you will gain

• Building, modifying, and operating Elasticsearch or OpenSearch clusters.
• Creating packages, modules, closures, and shells with Nix.
• Running production systems on NixOS.
• Using Kafka as a distributed system component for load management.

Physical Demand and Work Environment

• Primary workspace will be remote (home or rented office space).
• Occasional travel (1–4 times per year) to Austin or other North American locations.
• Must be able to sit or stand for up to eight hours a day.

Work Hours/Schedule

• 13 company holidays per year.
• Flexible paid time off policy.
• On‑call rotation (schedule varies).

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering, Information Technology, and Business Development