Senior Platform Engineer

SSi People; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SSi People in the United States is partnering to hire a Senior Platform Engineer who will shape systems, automation, and the developer experience to keep modern delivery fast and safe. You will lead platform improvements, strengthen reliability practices, and guide how engineering teams build and deploy at scale, mentoring engineers and coordinating with cross-functional partners.

The role emphasizes leading complex platform initiatives, owning automation, and driving adoption of robust CI/CD

Qualifications

• Experience leading platform and automation work streams in ambiguous environments.
• Ability to architect self-service capabilities around infrastructure and application delivery.
• Strong background in developing, reviewing, and deploying well-crafted code to provision infrastructure and deploy applications at scale.
• Experience evaluating, selecting, and owning CI/CD toolchains and driving adoption of new tooling and practices.
• Ability to define and own SLO and SLI frameworks for platform and application health.
• Experience leading incident response, conducting blameless post-mortems, and driving systemic improvements to observability and reliability.
• Must be legally authorized to work permanently in the country where this position is located, without time limitations, restrictions, or sponsorship needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of platform capabilities that improve developer experience across the organization.
• Own complex automation initiatives and create self-service capabilities for infrastructure and application delivery.
• Drive DevOps practices and culture, including improvements to deployment frequency, failure rate, MTTR, and lead time.
• Define standards, reusable components, SLO/SLI frameworks, and observability practices while mentoring engineers and supporting incident response and post-mortems.

Skills

Platform engineering

Automation

DevOps culture

CI/CD tooling

SLO/SLI frameworks

Observability

Incident response

Job description

Job Title

Senior Platform Engineer

Location

Kansas City, Missouri (On-Site)

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly capable platform engineering professional to help shape the systems, automation, and developer experience that keep modern delivery moving fast and safely. Our team is partnering with this company to find someone who can lead strategic platform improvements, strengthen reliability practices, and elevate how engineering teams build and deploy at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of platform capabilities that improve developer experience across the organization.
• Own complex automation initiatives and create self-service capabilities for infrastructure and application delivery.
• Drive DevOps practices and culture, including improvements to deployment frequency, failure rate, MTTR, and lead time.
• Define standards, reusable components, SLO/SLI frameworks, and observability practices while mentoring engineers and supporting incident response and post-mortems.

Required

• Experience leading complex platform and automation work streams in ambiguous environments.
• Ability to architect self-service capabilities around infrastructure and application delivery.
• Strong background in developing, reviewing, and deploying well-crafted code to provision infrastructure and deploy applications at scale.
• Experience evaluating, selecting, and owning CI/CD toolchains and driving adoption of new tooling and practices.
• Ability to define and own SLO and SLI frameworks for platform and application health.
• Experience leading incident response, conducting blameless post-mortems, and driving systemic improvements to observability and reliability.
• Must be legally authorized to work permanently in the country where this position is located, without time limitations, restrictions, or sponsorship needs.

About SSI People

With over 26 years of industry experience, SSi People has built its reputation and expertise on putting people first. Everything we do works toward delivering exceptional experience for our consultants, our clients, and our internal team. Through a genuine commitment to people in everything we do. We have developed refined processes and a stellar internal team to deliver talent quickly. More importantly, we focus on building long-term relationships, not transactions. Putting people first is just what we do well.