Senior Platform Engineer

Good co India; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Good co India seeks a Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable internal developer platforms that boost engineering productivity and delivery speed. You will manage cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP using IaC like Terraform and run Kubernetes clusters to support multiple teams.

The role emphasizes CI/CD, GitOps, self-service tooling, observability, security, FinOps, and mentoring junior engineers in collaboration with SRE teams.

Qualifications

• 5 to 10+ years in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Cloud Infrastructure or related roles.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Software Engineering or related field.
• Hands-on with AWS/Azure/GCP and modern infra architectures.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, orchestration, and microservices.
• Strong IaC experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalents.
• Scripting in Python, Go, Bash or similar for automation.
• Experience designing CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows and automated releases.
• Knowledge of Internal Developer Platforms, self-service infra, developer portals, and DevEx.
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and centralized logging.
• Strong networking, Linux, distributed systems, API gateways, service meshes, and cloud security basics.
• DevSecOps, IAM/RBAC, secrets management, policy enforcement, and compliance knowledge.
• Ability to automate repetitive tasks and build reusable platform capabilities.
• Proven track record improving reliability, scalability, deployment efficiency, and cost optimization.
• Strong troubleshooting, system design, communication, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to mentor engineers and document technical standards.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable internal developer platforms to boost productivity and delivery speed.
• Manage cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP using Terraform or similar IaC tools.
• Build, operate, and optimize Kubernetes clusters and container workloads.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Argo CD, or Flux CD.
• Develop self-service infrastructure, templates, and workflows for independent deployment by teams.
• Set up Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) and developer portals using Backstage.
• Implement observability with centralized logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards, and alerts.
• Integrate security controls, IAM, secrets, vulnerability scanning, and compliance checks into workflows.
• Improve platform reliability and performance via automation and proactive monitoring.
• Optimize cloud resource usage and FinOps practices to control costs.
• Troubleshoot complex infra, networking, and production issues with cross-functional teams.
• Establish platform engineering standards and reusable architectural patterns.
• Evaluate new tools to improve developer experience and automation.
• Mentor junior engineers and conduct code reviews.
• Measure platform effectiveness using metrics like deployment frequency, lead time, platform adoption, service reliability, and developer productivity

Skills

Platform Engineering

DevOps

SRE

Cloud Infrastructure

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Argo CD

Flux CD

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Backstage

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable internal developer platforms that improve engineering productivity and delivery speed.
• Develop and manage cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform.
• Build, maintain, and optimize Kubernetes clusters, containerized workloads, and orchestration environments.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and automated deployment processes using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Argo CD, or Flux CD.
• Develop self-service infrastructure capabilities, reusable platform components, templates, and workflows to enable development teams to provision and deploy applications independently.
• Establish and maintain Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) and developer portals using tools such as Backstage.
• Implement observability solutions, including centralized logging, metrics, distributed tracing, dashboards, and alerting.
• Integrate security controls, secrets management, identity and access management, vulnerability scanning, and compliance checks into platform workflows.
• Improve platform reliability, availability, scalability, performance, and resilience through automation and proactive monitoring.
• Optimize cloud resource utilization and infrastructure costs through capacity planning, performance analysis, and FinOps practices.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, deployment, and production issues in collaboration with application engineering and SRE teams.
• Establish platform engineering standards, reusable architectural patterns, documentation, and operational best practices.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and tools to improve developer experience, infrastructure automation, and platform capabilities.
• Mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver platform initiatives.
• Measure platform effectiveness using metrics such as deployment frequency, lead time, platform adoption, service reliability, and developer productivity

Preferred candidate profile

• 5 to 10 years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Infrastructure, or related engineering roles.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Strong hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP and modern infrastructure architectures.
• Proficiency in Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, container orchestration, and microservices-based environments.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent technologies.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, Bash, or other scripting languages for infrastructure automation and platform tooling.
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and automated release processes.
• Knowledge of Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), self-service infrastructure, developer portals, and developer experience (DevEx) practices.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and centralized logging platforms.
• Strong understanding of networking, Linux systems, distributed systems, API gateways, service meshes, and cloud security fundamentals.
• Practical knowledge of DevSecOps, IAM/RBAC, secrets management, policy enforcement, and infrastructure compliance.
• Proven ability to automate repetitive operational tasks and build reusable platform capabilities for multiple engineering teams.
• Experience improving platform reliability, scalability, deployment efficiency, developer productivity, and infrastructure cost optimization.
• Strong troubleshooting, system design, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to mentor engineers, document technical standards, and drive continuous improvements in platform architecture and operations.