Platform Engineer II (Application Infrastructure)

WHOOP; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

WHOOP is seeking a Platform Engineer II to design, operate, and modernize cloud infrastructure across AWS and Kubernetes. You will shape infrastructure for scalable product development, implement IaC, and drive reliability, security, and cost optimization.

Based in Boston, MA, you will collaborate with platform, product, and data science teams to ensure observable, auditable, and secure systems while improving developer experience and incident response.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure roles.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (IAM, EC2, S3, MSK, Aurora).
• Infrastructure as Code in production environments (Terraform preferred).
• Strong understanding of cloud security and reliability, including least privilege and logging.
• Experience with Kubernetes/Amazon EKS and scripting languages.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, secrets management, and automated reliability tooling.
• Excellent problem-solving and collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure cloud infrastructure in AWS using IaC (Terraform).
• Build and manage IAM systems, access controls, and least-privilege policies.
• Maintain secure, scalable AWS and Kubernetes environments across accounts and services.
• Collaborate with platform, product, and data science teams to enable rapid product development and member trust.
• Automate cloud operations from CI/CD pipelines to monitoring and alerting.
• Develop guardrails for cloud security and compliance (IAM, backups, logging).
• Participate in incident response and troubleshooting for infrastructure.
• Support audits and compliance by ensuring observability and documentation.
• Drive reliability, performance, cost optimization, and security across the platform.

Skills

DevOps

Site Reliability Engineering

Cloud experience

Collaboration

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Python

CI/CD

Job description

At WHOOP, we're on a mission to unlock human performance and healthspan. WHOOP empowers members to perform at a higher level and live longer through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives. Protecting our members' data and ensuring our systems scale securely and reliably is core to this mission.

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.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 2-4 years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure roles
• Hands-on experience with AWS services, including IAM, EC2, S3, MSK, and Aurora
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code in production environments (Terraform preferred).
• Strong understanding of cloud security and reliability principles, including least privilege, logging/monitoring, resource isolation, and disaster recovery.
• 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.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex distributed systems
• Effective communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams

BONUS QUALIFICATIONS

• Expertise in managing CI/CD pipelines for building application code across multiple languages
• Experience with relational database systems like PostgreSQL
• Experience implementing policy-as-code or access control frameworks
• Exposure to modern edge and delivery technologies such as Cloudflare, CDN configuration, and TLS/SSL certificate management.

ABOUT YOU

• You thrive on ownership and want to shape the foundation of WHOOP's platform.
• You enjoy improving the development experience through changes to the infrastructure that the department's applications are built on.
• You enjoy automating manual processes and building scalable solutions to reduce risk
• You are curious about how systems fail and motivated to proactively prevent issues
• You value simplicity, reliability, and clarity in system design
• You collaborate well across teams and communicate technical concepts clearly

Learn more about our Software Org and how to be successful in your engineering career at WHOOP via our Career Framework .

This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.

WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify to determine employment eligibility. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.