Senior Platform Engineer – Cloud-Native & API Backend

Green Dot Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Green Dot Corporation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Platform Team, contributing to scalable and secure systems that support core platform services and infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in platform engineering and cloud-native architectures, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions. This role emphasizes backend development, DevOps, and reliability practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in C#.
• Strong RESTful API design and microservices knowledge.
• Cloud experience with AWS/AKS, Azure Cosmos DB, and IaC with Terraform.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD.
• Experience with observability tools Datadog and Prometheus.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop backend services and APIs to support platform operations, including release engineering and pipelines.
• Improve CI/CD workflows, observability, and platform reliability.
• Collaborate with QA, Security, and Infrastructure teams to ensure deployment and performance.
• Implement monitoring and alerting to meet SLA and rapid incident response.
• Share engineering practices and knowledge across the platform domain.

Skills

C#

RESTful API design

OAuth2

Microservices architecture

Cloud fundamentals

Tools

AWS

AKS

Azure Cosmos DB

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Datadog

Prometheus

Job description

Green Dot Corporation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Platform Team, contributing to scalable and secure systems that support core platform services and infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in platform engineering and cloud-native architectures, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions. This role emphasizes backend development, DevOps, and reliability practices.