Platform Engineer – AI & Frameworks (Senior Associate)

Sixth Street; Austin (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment firm in Austin, TX is seeking a full-time role in its technology team. This position involves driving cross-team platform initiatives, mentoring engineers, and evolving AI platform services. Candidates should have over 7 years of software development experience with strong programming skills, especially in Python, and a passion for improving developer experience. The firm values collaboration and offers opportunities to shape the platform's reliability and service capabilities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in professional software development.
• Curiosity and hunger to keep learning.
• Experience building internal platforms or developer tooling.

Responsibilities

• Drive cross-team platform initiatives.
• Build and evolve self-service platform capabilities.
• Mentor engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Treat the platform as a product.
• Refine the instrumentation 'Golden Path' for metrics.
• Evolve AI platform capabilities.
• Collaborate with developers on GitOps.
• Define the platform’s reliability strategies.

Skills

Excellent programming skills in major languages

Experience in Python

CI/CD knowledge

Ability to work in Unix shell

Strong prioritization skills

Experience with RESTful APIs

Collaboration abilities

Education

Degree in Computer Science or STEM field

Tools

GitHub Actions for CI/CD

Job description

A leading global investment firm in Austin, TX is seeking a full-time role in its technology team. This position involves driving cross-team platform initiatives, mentoring engineers, and evolving AI platform services. Candidates should have over 7 years of software development experience with strong programming skills, especially in Python, and a passion for improving developer experience. The firm values collaboration and offers opportunities to shape the platform's reliability and service capabilities.