Remote Staff Platform Engineer: GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform

Talently; United States; Remote; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Talently is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to own Google Cloud infrastructure, focusing on GKE, Terraform, and tooling that improves developer productivity. This remote role offers influence over platform architecture and engineering practices, helping scale a next-generation cloud platform.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in platform/infrastructure roles, deep GCP experience, and strong leadership in migration and reliability initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in platform/infrastructure engineering or related fields with production ownership.
• Deep hands-on Google Cloud Platform experience (networking, IAM, core GCP services).
• Strong Kubernetes experience with ownership of GKE environments.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve Google Cloud infrastructure (GKE, Terraform, networking, IAM).
• Build internal tooling and self-service workflows for resource provisioning.
• Design and operate platform capabilities, including CI/CD, IaC, and GKE routing.

Skills

GCP experience

Kubernetes (GKE)

Terraform

Go

Python

SRE/Infra ownership

CI/CD

Cloud cost optimization

Autonomous work style

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Job description

Talently is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to own Google Cloud infrastructure, focusing on GKE, Terraform, and tooling that improves developer productivity. This remote role offers influence over platform architecture and engineering practices, helping scale a next-generation cloud platform.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in platform/infrastructure roles, deep GCP experience, and strong leadership in migration and reliability initiatives.