Platform Engineer: AWS, CI/CD & Developer Experience

Storyblocks; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 129,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) retirement plan

Medical coverage

Parental leave

Unlimited vacation

Remote-friendly

Job summary

Storyblocks is seeking a Platforms Engineer to build, operate, and scale our AWS infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines in a fast-moving, microservices world. You will craft reusable configurations (Helm charts, CircleCI orbs) and manage infrastructure through code, elevating reliability and developer experience.

You’ll collaborate with engineers to reduce friction, improve observability, and own end-to-end platform initiatives.

Qualifications

• You’re comfortable in AWS and know your way around its core services.
• You’ve used Datadog or another observability tool to understand system behavior.
• You’re handy with at least one scripting or programming language.
• You’ve worked with infrastructure-as-code such as Terraform.
• You’ve helped run and scale infrastructure, and you’re excited to grow into bigger, high-traffic systems.

Responsibilities

• Build, operate, and scale AWS infrastructure that supports our microservices platform.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines that make shipping fast, reliable, and safe.
• Build reusable, templated configuration (Helm charts, CircleCI orbs) for standardized deployments and pipelines.
• Manage infrastructure through code, treating infra changes with the same rigor as application code.
• Improve observability and monitoring so teams can debug production systems more easily.
• Partner with product engineering teams, translating platform concepts into practical guidance and reducing friction for day-to-day work.
• Make thoughtful technical trade-offs, and grow into leading complex platform projects end to end.

Skills

AWS core services

Observability tools

Scripting language

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

Helm & Kubernetes

Tools

Terraform

CircleCI

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Job description

Storyblocks is seeking a Platforms Engineer to build, operate, and scale our AWS infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines in a fast-moving, microservices world. You will craft reusable configurations (Helm charts, CircleCI orbs) and manage infrastructure through code, elevating reliability and developer experience.

You’ll collaborate with engineers to reduce friction, improve observability, and own end-to-end platform initiatives.