Senior Platform Engineer, CI/CD & Cloud-Native

quickenloans; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Redfin is seeking a seasoned software engineer to shape our CI/CD platform and end-to-end developer experience. You will design and operate scalable CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions, deploying via Argo CD to Kubernetes, and embed AI-powered tooling to accelerate delivery.

You will lead incident analysis, establish governance, and mentor teams to improve reliability and scale. Strong backend skills and IaC experience are essential for success.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Java, Python, Go, Node.js).
• BA/BS in computer science or equivalent work experience.
• Experience designing highly available, reliable, and scalable systems.
• Strong experience building CI/CD systems using GitHub Actions or equivalent technologies.
• Hands-on experience with Argo CD and GitOps-based deployment models.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes and cloud-native architecture.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Helm, etc.).
• Experience improving developer workflows and internal platform tooling.
• Experience using AI code generation tools (GitHub Copilot, Anthropic Claude Code, Cursor).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; proactive and customer-focused.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions.
• Manage GitOps-based deployments using Argo CD into Kubernetes environments.
• Improve system reliability, scalability, and deployment safety across environments.
• Embed AI-powered tooling into DevOps workflows (CI/CD optimization, PR summarization, automated review assistance, policy validation, incident insights).
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis for CI/CD and deployment-related outages.
• Define and enforce GitHub governance best practices (branch protection, reusable workflows, permissions, policy automation).
• Identify bottlenecks in developer workflows and drive improvements.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, SRE, and product teams to meet customer needs.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices around DevOps and cloud-native systems.

Skills

Backend development

CI/CD experience

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

GitHub Actions

Argo CD

Kubernetes

Terraform/Helm

AI tooling (Copilot, Claude, Cursor)

Job description

Redfin is seeking a seasoned software engineer to shape our CI/CD platform and end-to-end developer experience. You will design and operate scalable CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions, deploying via Argo CD to Kubernetes, and embed AI-powered tooling to accelerate delivery.

You will lead incident analysis, establish governance, and mentor teams to improve reliability and scale. Strong backend skills and IaC experience are essential for success.