Principal Platform Engineer Developer Tooling Python

Sandisk; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to lead the development of innovative internal tools and infrastructure. This high-impact role is perfect for someone with deep Python expertise and a passion for enhancing developer experience. You'll design scalable solutions that streamline workflows and improve engineering velocity, collaborating closely with top-notch developers. If you thrive on building elegant solutions and driving infrastructure efficiency, this is your chance to make a real difference in a collaborative environment. Join a team where your contributions will shape how engineers work every day.

Benefits

Paid vacation time

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Employee stock purchase plan

Flexible spending accounts

Life and disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Paid sick leave

Voluntary benefit programs

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in engineering with a focus on Python.
• Proven success in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong experience in security best practices for developer workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain developer-facing internal tools focused on automation.
• Create a secure and scalable CI/CD framework across teams.
• Coach and mentor engineers on best practices and tooling usage.

Skills

Python

CI/CD Pipelines

DevOps

Security Best Practices

Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Developer Experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

AWS

Terraform

Grafana

Prometheus

Datadog

Job description

Job Description

We’re looking for a Principal Platform Engineer with deep Python expertise to lead the development of internal tools and infrastructure that empower our engineering teams. This role is perfect for someone who thrives on building elegant developer experiences, automating workflows, and improving engineering velocity across the organization.

You’ll be at the intersection of DevOps, developer experience, and internal tooling , designing and implementing scalable solutions that enhance CI/CD pipelines, improve security automation, and streamline workflows for our dev teams.

What You’ll Do:

• Design, build, and maintain developer-facing internal tools , with a focus on automation, usability, and scalability.
• Create a standardized, secure, and scalable CI/CD framework across teams, using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools.
• Build integrations for security automation , including vulnerability testing and policy enforcement within pipelines.
• Lead the design of platform tooling to enhance developer productivity—think smart CLI tools, automated config generators, internal dashboards, etc.
• Partner with security and infrastructure teams to ensure robust, compliant, and auditable tooling.
• Drive infrastructure efficiency, supporting both on-prem and cloud environments (AWS, Terraform).
• Coach and mentor engineers on best practices, tooling usage, and DevOps principles.
• Document systems, processes, and tooling to keep everything transparent and easy to use.

Qualifications:
Qualifications

What We’re Looking For:

• 5+ years of engineering experience with a focus on Python and building developer-centric tools.
• Proven success building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows at scale.
• Strong experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins , or similar CI/CD platforms.
• Deep understanding of security best practices for developer workflows and infrastructure.
• Experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and cloud-native tools (especially AWS).
• Solid skills with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, cross-functional environments and leading by example.
• Passion for developer experience and streamlining engineering workflows.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with other languages (Go, C/C++).
• Background in managing hybrid (cloud + on-prem) environments.
• Familiarity with metrics/monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog).

Why You’ll Love This Role:

This is a high-impact position where you’ll shape how engineers work every day. You’ll collaborate closely with top-notch developers, own projects end-to-end, and have real influence over internal platform strategy. If you love building for builders—this is your jam.

Additional Information

Sandisk is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

Sandisk thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Sandisk is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [e-mail] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 05/25/2025 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
• You will be eligible to participate in Sandisk's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Sandisk's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.