Senior Platform Engineer – Cloud Native Backend & CI/CD

Green Dot; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; 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, secure, and resilient systems that support core platform services and infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise in platform engineering, cloud-native architectures, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver high-quality solutions. This full-time, hybrid role requires in-office presence with flexibility for remote work and a focus on reliability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in C# and RESTful API design.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS / AKS) and IaC (Terraform).

Responsibilities

• Design and develop backend services and APIs to support platform operations, including release engineering, DevOps pipelines, and system integrations.
• Contribute to improvements in CI/CD workflows, observability, and platform reliability.
• Collaborate with QA, Security, and Infrastructure teams to ensure seamless deployment and performance of platform tools.
• Implement monitoring and alerting solutions to ensure SLA adherence and rapid incident response.
• Participate in engineering best practices and knowledge sharing across the platform domain.

Skills

5+ years software engineering

RESTful API design

OAuth2

Microservices architecture

Tools

AWS

AKS

Azure Cosmos DB with AI Search

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, secure, and resilient systems that support core platform services and infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise in platform engineering, cloud-native architectures, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver high-quality solutions. This full-time, hybrid role requires in-office presence with flexibility for remote work and a focus on reliability.