Platform Engineer (Application Infrastructure)

WHOOP; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible vacation

Parental leave 18 weeks

Stock options

WHOOP membership

Health, dental, vision

Wellness stipend

Sleep program bonus

Job summary

WHOOP is hiring a Platform Engineer II for the Application Infrastructure team in Boston. You will design, build, and operate scalable cloud infrastructure in AWS, using IaC (Terraform) and IAM controls to enable reliable product development and strong security.

You’ll work across teams to raise reliability, security, and developer experience while driving automation and guardrails. You will contribute to incident response, audits, and cross-team collaboration, supporting cloud operations and

Qualifications

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code in production environments (Terraform preferred).
• Hands-on experience with AWS services, including IAM, EC2, S3, MSK, and Aurora.
• Experience with containerized platforms such as Kubernetes or Amazon EKS.
• Proficiency with scripting or programming languages (Python, Go, Java, or Bash).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, secrets management, and automated reliability tooling.
• 2-4 years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure roles.

Responsibilities

• As a Platform Engineer II on the Application Infrastructure team, you will play a key role in building and operating the infrastructure and tooling in WHOOP’s cloud environments.
• You will work at the intersection of infrastructure and developer experience, influencing how our systems are designed, deployed, and operated.
• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure cloud infrastructure in AWS using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform.
• Build and manage IAM systems, access controls, and least-privilege policies to reduce risk and limit blast radius in our systems.
• Build and maintain secure, reliable, and scalable AWS and Kubernetes environments across multiple accounts and services.
• Collaborate with platform, product, and data science teams to deliver resilient infrastructure that enables rapid product development and member trust.
• Contribute to the automation of cloud operations, from CI/CD pipelines to monitoring and alerting systems.
• Develop and improve guardrails for cloud security and compliance, including IAM, backups, logging, and configuration management.
• Participate in incident response and troubleshooting for infrastructure and events.
• Participate in audits and compliance efforts by ensuring infrastructure is observable, auditable, and well-documented.
• Drive best practices in reliability, performance, cost optimization, and security across the platform.

Skills

Terraform

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Python

Go

Java

Bash

Cloud security

Monitoring

Incident response

Disaster recovery

PostgreSQL

SRE/DevOps

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Kubernetes

Amazon EKS

PostgreSQL

CI/CD tooling

Job description

• As a Platform Engineer II on the Application Infrastructure team, you will play a key role in building and operating the infrastructure and tooling in WHOOP’s cloud environments
• You will work at the intersection of infrastructure and developer experience, influencing how our systems are designed, deployed, and operated
• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure cloud infrastructure in AWS using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform
• Build and manage IAM systems, access controls, and least-privilege policies to reduce risk and limit blast radius in our systems
• Build and maintain secure, reliable, and scalable AWS and Kubernetes environments across multiple accounts and services
• Collaborate with platform, product, and data science teams to deliver resilient infrastructure that enables rapid product development and member trust
• Contribute to the automation of cloud operations, from CI/CD pipelines to monitoring and alerting systems
• Develop and improve guardrails for cloud security and compliance, including IAM, backups, logging, and configuration management
• Participate in incident response and troubleshooting for infrastructure and events
• Participate in audits and compliance efforts by ensuring infrastructure is observable, auditable, and well-documented
• Drive best practices in reliability, performance, cost optimization, and security across the platform

Benefits

• Flexible Vacation: WHOOP has a flexible vacation policy that allows you to unwind, laptop-free, when you need it most.
• Focus on Family: We offer 18 weeks paid parental leave, plus an additional 2 weeks to gradually return to work.
• Get Invested: In addition to a competitive base salary and 401k, you’re eligible to receive stock options to share in the future of WHOOP.
• WHOOP +1: Everyone on the team gets a complimentary WHOOP membership—plus another membership to share with a loved one.
• Health Matters: Our competitive benefits package covers medical, dental, and vision, in addition to mental health services, life and disability insurance, and more.
• Find Your Fit: Full-time employees get $500 a year to spend on wellness in whatever way they see fit, from fitness classes and memberships, to recovery services.
• It Pays to Sleep: Our Sleep Performance Program incentivizes employees to get more sleep. Log an average sleep performance of 85% or higher for the month and get a $100 bonus.
• Location, Location, Location: You can’t beat the views from the rooftop of One Kenmore Square. Feel inspired daily as you work, enjoy free snacks and coffee, and collaborate in the heart of Boston.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code in production environments (Terraform preferred)
• Hands-on experience with AWS services, including IAM, EC2, S3, MSK, and Aurora
• Experience with containerized platforms such as Kubernetes or Amazon EKSEffective communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
• Strong understanding of cloud security and reliability principles, including least privilege, logging/monitoring, resource isolation, and disaster recovery
• Proficiency with scripting or programming languages (Python, Go, Java, or Bash)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, secrets management, and automated reliability tooling
• 2-4 years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure roles
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex distributed systems
• You enjoy improving the development experience through changes to the infrastructure that the department’s applications are built on
• You are curious about how systems fail and motivated to proactively prevent issues
• You collaborate well across teams and communicate technical concepts clearly
• You value simplicity, reliability, and clarity in system design
• You enjoy automating manual processes and building scalable solutions to reduce risk
• You thrive on ownership and want to shape the foundation of WHOOP’s platform
• Experience implementing policy-as-code or access control frameworks
• Experience with relational database systems like PostgreSQL
• Expertise in managing CI/CD pipelines for building application code across multiple languages
• Exposure to modern edge and delivery technologies such as Cloudflare, CDN configuration, and TLS/SSL certificate management