Platform Engineer: Scale Kubernetes & Reliability

Rogo; New York (NY); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Rogo is seeking a Platform Engineer to define and lead the technical direction of our platform as we scale 10x+ in enterprise customers. This hands-on role covers architecture, reliability, and developer experience across our Kubernetes-based infrastructure.

You will solve hard problems, build self-serve tooling, and partner with product engineers to unblock delivery in a fast-paced startup environment. The ideal candidate has deep distributed systems experience and thrives in ambiguity.

Qualifications

• Extensive production-grade Kubernetes scaling experience.
• Strong systems mindset and owner mentality.
• Experience in regulated environments such as financial services.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the technical direction of the platform, focusing on architecture and scalability.
• Drive reliability initiatives including SLOs, capacity planning, and resilience improvements.
• Own and improve internal platform systems, deployments, environments, and developer tooling.
• Elevate developer experience by building guardrails and self-serve tooling for product engineers.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, and leadership to accelerate delivery.

Skills

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Platform reliability

Observability

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Rogo is seeking a Platform Engineer to define and lead the technical direction of our platform as we scale 10x+ in enterprise customers. This hands-on role covers architecture, reliability, and developer experience across our Kubernetes-based infrastructure.

You will solve hard problems, build self-serve tooling, and partner with product engineers to unblock delivery in a fast-paced startup environment. The ideal candidate has deep distributed systems experience and thrives in ambiguity.