Remote Senior Platform Engineer: Kubernetes & Cloud Infra

Piper Companies; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k)

PTO

Job summary

Piper Companies is seeking a Sr. Platform Engineer for a remote role in the United States. You will design, build, and scale cloud-native infrastructure to support critical applications and engineering teams.

The position requires deep expertise in Kubernetes, Linux, and AWS and a track record of running large-scale production platforms. The role emphasizes automation, Infrastructure as Code, observability, and collaboration with software and security teams to implement cloud-native best

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or related infrastructure roles.
• Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale production platforms.
• Advanced expertise with Kubernetes, Linux administration, and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks, and monitoring/observability platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable platform infrastructure leveraging Kubernetes and AWS services.
• Develop and enhance platform automation, Infrastructure as Code, and self-service capabilities for engineering teams.
• Drive platform reliability, performance, observability, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Collaborate with software engineering and security teams to implement cloud-native best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure, networking, and platform-related issues.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD

Automation

Observability

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Piper Companies is seeking a Sr. Platform Engineer for a remote role in the United States. You will design, build, and scale cloud-native infrastructure to support critical applications and engineering teams.

The position requires deep expertise in Kubernetes, Linux, and AWS and a track record of running large-scale production platforms. The role emphasizes automation, Infrastructure as Code, observability, and collaboration with software and security teams to implement cloud-native best