Platform Engineer $130,000 - $145,000 Posted 19 hours ago

Fuel Talent; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 130,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Fuel Talent is seeking a Platform Engineer in Seattle, with remote options across the United States. The role owns platform components end-to-end and focuses on building cloud-based services via infrastructure-as-code.

You will collaborate with senior engineers on architecture, improve platform observability, CI/CD, reliability, and security-by-design while documenting designs and operational runbooks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• At least 3 years in platform engineering, DevOps or SRE.
• Production experience with Azure or similar cloud platform.
• Infrastructure-as-code experience required.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned platform components end-to-end.
• Build cloud-based platform services using infrastructure-as-code workflows.
• Participate in design reviews and contribute to standards.
• Diagnose and resolve production platform issues.
• Document platform designs, runbooks, and operations.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Container orchestration

Observability

Incident response

Security-by-design

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Job description

# Platform EngineerApplyApplyPosted about 21 hours agoShareFull TimeSeattle$130,000 - $145,000 Annually## Position SummaryThe Platform Engineer owns platform work end-to-end within an assigned scope. This role operates with day-to-day autonomy over assigned platform components, partners with senior engineers on technical direction, and contributes to broader platform modernization initiatives.## Essential Duties & Responsibilities* Own assigned platform components, including design, implementation, and operations.* Build cloud-based platform services using infrastructure-as-code workflows.* Participate in design reviews and contribute to platform engineering standards and best practices.* Partner with senior engineers on complex technical and architectural decisions.* Diagnose and resolve production platform issues.* Contribute to platform observability, CI/CD, reliability, and security-by-design.* Document platform designs, processes, and operational runbooks.## Required Qualifications### EducationBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field. Equivalent professional experience may substitute for the degree requirement.### Experience* Minimum of three years of experience in platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering.* Demonstrated production experience with Azure or a comparable cloud platform.* Experience implementing infrastructure as code.### Technical Skills* Cloud platform engineering, including container orchestration, application hosting, and networking.* Infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or comparable technologies.* Platform observability, monitoring, and incident response.* Production platform engineering and operational best practices.## Preferred Qualifications* Experience supporting platforms in a regulated industry.* Relevant cloud certifications.* Experience with on-premises-to-cloud migrations.## Knowledge, Skills & Abilities### Knowledge* Modern cloud-platform architecture.* Infrastructure-as-code patterns.* Production platform operations.* Security and compliance fundamentals within regulated environments.### Skills* Designs and delivers production-ready platform components.* Participates effectively in technical design discussions and reviews.* Clearly documents platform behavior, processes, and operational runbooks.### Abilities* Owns platform components end-to-end with day-to-day autonomy.* Operates effectively within an established platform team’s practices and delivery cadence.* Continually builds platform engineering expertise through structured learning.## Physical Requirements & Working ConditionsThis position is remote within the United States. Work is performed in a standard office or home-office environment and requires extended periods of computer-based work, including reading information on screens, typing, and participating in virtual meetings. Occasional travel of less than 5% may be required for company events. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities.## Equal Employment OpportunityOur client is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.This job description does not constitute an employment agreement and may be modified at our client’s