Senior Platform Engineer – Kubernetes & Observability

Commission Junction LLC; Santa Barbara (CA); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Paid holidays

Team-building events

Employee Referral Program

Hybrid work

Parental leave

Backup care

Employee discount

International SOS

ERGs

Job summary

CJ Engineering seeks a Software Engineer 3 for the Engineering Experience platform to run and evolve CJ's production systems across multiple AWS regions. You will own observability, CI/CD pipelines, and cost visibility, bridging design and production in a highly collaborative team.

You will contribute with depth in complex systems, strong engineering judgment, and a culture that values pair programming and continuous improvement. This is a hybrid role with three days in the office.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in software or infrastructure engineering.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on production experience with Kubernetes and at least one major cloud (AWS preferred).
• Comfortable owning infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve meaningful pieces of the systems above - with a focus on what is happening and why
• Manage infrastructure-as-code with Terraform across AWS accounts
• Build and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines andGitOpsdelivery (ArgoCD)
• Help enforce platform standards: RBAC, admission webhooks, resource limits,LimitRanges
• Turn recurring requests (ingress, DNS, service accounts) into self-service workflows
• Respond to and help drive resolution of platform incidents, focused on learning and system improvement

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Observability stack

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

ArgoCD

GitLab CI/CD

Nexus

Docker

Job description

CJ Engineering seeks a Software Engineer 3 for the Engineering Experience platform to run and evolve CJ's production systems across multiple AWS regions. You will own observability, CI/CD pipelines, and cost visibility, bridging design and production in a highly collaborative team.

You will contribute with depth in complex systems, strong engineering judgment, and a culture that values pair programming and continuous improvement. This is a hybrid role with three days in the office.