Senior Platform Engineer

Norwest Venture Partners; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 182,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join their Denver infrastructure team. This role involves designing resilient systems, leading transitions to Terraform, and optimizing existing infrastructure, all while ensuring robust collaboration across teams. Ideal candidates will have 5+ years of experience in AWS and strong troubleshooting skills.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401K plan

Access to mental health resources

Monthly telecommunications subsidies

Family-first approach with generous parental leave

Qualifications

• 5+ years in infrastructure or DevOps roles with a strong focus on AWS.
• Experience designing scalable environments with AWS services.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver scalable infrastructure.
• Lead initiatives on observability and infrastructure strategy.
• Optimize system performance and maintainability.

Skills

AWS

Automation

Cloud-native infrastructure

Observability

Troubleshooting skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

DataDog

AWS CDK

Job description

Denver, CO, US/New York City, NY, US/San Francisco, CA, US/Seattle, WA, US

• Company Address: 658 High St, Palo Alto, California , 94301

About Productiv

Productiv is the only Spend Management Platform that is integrated into your core operating systems, bringing you data infused with AI that empowers collaboration, and helps you take action with no-code workflows that scale.

About Productiv

Productiv is the only Spend Management Platform that is integrated into your core operating systems, bringing you data infused with AI that empowers collaboration, and helps you take action with no-code workflows that scale.

Job Description

About Productiv:

Productiv started with a vision to transform the way enterprises manage and optimize their software portfolios. With a focus on driving efficiency and transparency in IT, Procurement, and Finance departments, we're revolutionizing SaaS management. At Productiv, we believe in enabling companies to make data-driven decisions that propel growth and foster innovation.

What you’ll do:

We’re looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join our growing infrastructure team. As an early member of the team, you’ll play a critical role in designing and delivering resilient, scalable systems that power our product.

You’ll take ownership of major initiatives—like improving monitoring, leading our transition from CDK to Terraform, and shaping our long-term infrastructure strategy. This role is perfect for someone who’s passionate about cloud-native infrastructure, automation, and creating systems that operate reliably at scale.

Your Responsibilities:

• Design & Deliver Scalable Infrastructure: Build and maintain highly available, secure, and cost-effective infrastructure with a focus on long-term scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Lead Observability Initiatives: Implement, maintain, and evolve our observability stack including logging, alerting, and monitoring. Drive migrations from legacy tools like AWS CloudWatch to best-in-class platforms such as DataDog, Honeycomb, or Kloudfuse.
• Champion Infrastructure as Code: Lead the transition from AWS CDK to Terraform, ensuring clean, modular, and version-controlled infrastructure deployment practices.
• Optimize System Performance: Continuously assess and improve system design and operational practices to ensure efficiency and uptime across the board.
• Uplevel Team Standards: Identify process gaps and contribute to the evolution of infrastructure engineering practices and documentation.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Engage with product, engineering, and security stakeholders to ensure infrastructure meets technical and business needs.

Your Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure or DevOps roles, with a strong focus on AWS.
• Infrastructure & Systems Expertise: Deep understanding of server, storage, and network virtualization. Experienced in designing fault-tolerant, containerized applications using cloud-native patterns and components.
• Cloud Fluency: Hands-on expertise with AWS services and cloud architecture. Capable of designing scalable environments with services like EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, Lambda, VPC, and more.
• IaC & Automation Mastery: Proficient with both AWS CDK and Terraform. Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and automating cloud deployments with tools like GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or similar.
• Observability Mindset: Practical experience with monitoring and logging platforms such as DataDog, Honeycomb, or Kloudfuse, and leading successful migrations from legacy systems.
• Engineering Best Practices: Applies best-in-class system design principles. Writes modular, testable, and well-documented infrastructure code with an eye toward cost-efficiency and maintainability.
• Sharp Troubleshooting Skills: Proven ability to diagnose and resolve infrastructure issues, design for failure, and build systems that are resilient by default

We are a distributed team looking for teammates in the Bay Area, Seattle, WA, Denver, CO, and New York City. We hire the best people for our company and do not require employees to work from a designated office. However, we value in person collaboration and hire within specific hubs to ensure we can efficiently gather in person on a regular basis.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents.
• A robust 401K plan to help you invest in your future.
• Access to Modern Health for mental health resources and support.
• Monthly subsidies to cover your telecommunications needs and support your ongoing personal growth and wellness.
• For those near one of our offices, an FSA Commuter/Parking Benefit and lunches when you’re working from one of our offices.
• A family-first approach with 12 weeks of paternity leave and 18 weeks of maternity leave, ensuring you have the time you need with your new family members.

Compensation:

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $182,000-$202,000. Our base salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, benefits, or discretionary bonus.

Not everyone will match the above qualifications 100%. If your experiences don’t perfectly align, but you think you’d be a great addition to our team, we’d still love to hear from you.

Productiv is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status.