Lead Platform Engineer

Ethereum Technologies; San Ramon (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethereum Technologies seeks a lead, hands-on Platform Engineer to design and build cloud infrastructure at scale in the AWS ecosystem. You will drive IaC with Terraform, manage serverless services, and mentor engineers while sharpening cloud security and governance.

You will collaborate across platform, security, and application teams to deliver reliable, observable infrastructure and cost-efficient cloud usage in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on AWS cloud engineering experience.
• Expertise with Terraform/IaC and serverless architectures.
• Experience with DevOps, SRE, deployment or release management is a plus.
• Ability to design secure, scalable cloud infrastructure.
• Mentor and lead engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of secure, scalable AWS infrastructure.
• Manage AWS services: EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, EKS/ECS, Lambda, CloudFront, Route 53, ELB, CloudWatch.
• Develop IaC with Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar.
• Establish cloud security, governance, networking, and compliance.
• Troubleshoot complex infra, networking, performance, production issues.
• Collaborate with application, security, architecture, platform teams.
• Conduct technical reviews and establish standards.
• Mentor junior and senior engineers.
• Identify cost optimization opportunities and improve resource utilization.

Skills

AWS Cloud Architecture

Terraform IaC

Docker & Kubernetes

IAM & Security

Git & Version Control

Monitoring & Observability

Well-Architected Framework

Troubleshooting

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes (EKS)

AWS IAM

KMS

Secrets Manager

CloudWatch

Git

Job description

US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, OPT-EAD, CPT, Other

Work Authorization

US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other

Role Overview

Seeking a highly Lead hands-on Platform Engineer with deep expertise in designing and building cloud infrastructure at scale. Candidates should demonstrate strong proficiency in Terraform, serverless architectures, AWS Lambda, ECS, event-driven systems, and streaming technologies. Experience in DevOps, SRE, deployment, or release management is valuable but should be considered supplementary rather than the primary qualification.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of secure, scalable, and highly available AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Design and manage AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, EKS/ECS, Lambda, CloudFront, Route 53, ELB, CloudWatch, and others.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
• Establish and enforce cloud security, governance, networking, and compliance best practices.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, performance, and production issues.
• Collaborate with application, security, architecture, and platform teams.
• Conduct technical reviews and establish cloud engineering standards and best practices.
• Mentor and guide junior and senior engineers and provide technical leadership.
• Identify opportunities for cost optimization and improve AWS resource utilization.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud architecture and engineering.
• Strong knowledge of AWS networking, including VPC, subnets, route tables, NAT/Internet Gateways, security groups, NACLs, and Transit Gateway.
• Expertise in Terraform/IaC.
• Strong understanding of Docker and Kubernetes, preferably EKS.
• Experience with IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, security controls, and cloud governance.
• Experience with Git-based version control.
• Strong understanding of cloud monitoring, logging, and observability.
• Knowledge of AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.