Senior Platform Engineer

HRTX; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,400,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

HRTX in Manila is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join the Infrastructure team. You will design, implement, and maintain infrastructure services for 30+ development teams, and manage AWS cloud resources.

The role requires 5+ years in platform engineering, strong Linux skills, and IaC experience. Excellent collaboration and communication in a global team are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in platform engineering or a related role.
• Proficiency with at least one programming language.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code provider (e.g., Terraform).
• In-depth experience with AWS cloud services.
• Excellent Linux skills.
• Experience with a database product such as MongoDB or ElasticSearch.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and teamwork abilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure services for 30+ development teams.
• Develop and manage infrastructure as code.
• Debug runtime issues and resolve critical incidents.
• Participate in on-call rotations.
• Manage and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure for scalable, secure apps.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure smooth operations.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues.
• Apply security, reliability, and performance best practices.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers.

Skills

Platform engineering

Programming language

Problem solving

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Linux

MongoDB

ElasticSearch

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join our Infrastructure team in Manila. This candidate will write codes used in operations and will be working with infrastructure management. This candidate will also maintain production health 24/7/365. It is also expected that the engineer would work in a global team capacity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure services for 30+ development teams.
• Develop and manage infrastructure as code.
• Debugging runtime issues and solving complex problems under the radar or in the heat of fatal system incidents.
• Participate in on-call rotations.
• Manage and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure to support scalable and secure applications.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure smooth infrastructure operations.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and application issues.
• Implement best practices for security, reliability, and performance.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior engineers.

What you will need:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in a platform engineering or similar role.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language.
• Extensive experience with at least one Infrastructure as Code provider.
• In-depth experience with AWS cloud services.
• Excellent skills in Linux.
• Having worked with at least one Database product, preferably MongoDB or ElasticSearch
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.
• Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications (Good-to-Have):

• In Depth knowledge of networking and TCP/IP.
• Familiarity with additional programming languages such as Go or Java.
• Knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments.
• Strong experience in observability platforms like Prometheus, Elastic APM, InfluxDB and Grafana.