Founding Platform Engineer – AI-Driven GovTech in GovCloud

Jack & Jill; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

GovSignals is seeking a founding Platform Engineer to own data and deployment infrastructure for AI-driven government contracting. You will scale ingestion for thousands of data sources and manage secure environments across AWS GovCloud and Cloudflare.

Join a startup shaping national security infrastructure and work with co-founders from Palantir and the DIA. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in backend/platform engineering, deep Postgres internals and Kubernetes, and strong TypeScript or Python

Qualifications

• 5 years of backend or platform engineering experience.
• Deep expertise in Postgres internals and Kubernetes in production.
• Proficient in TypeScript or Python; experience with AI tools in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale ingestion and storage infrastructure for data sources.
• Deploy and manage secure environments across AWS GovCloud and Cloudflare.
• Ship a single codebase to diverse environments including SaaS and self-hosted Kubernetes.

Skills

Postgres internals

Kubernetes

TypeScript

Python

AI tools

Tools

AWS GovCloud

Cloudflare

S3/R2

Job description

GovSignals is seeking a founding Platform Engineer to own data and deployment infrastructure for AI-driven government contracting. You will scale ingestion for thousands of data sources and manage secure environments across AWS GovCloud and Cloudflare.

Join a startup shaping national security infrastructure and work with co-founders from Palantir and the DIA. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in backend/platform engineering, deep Postgres internals and Kubernetes, and strong TypeScript or Python