Senior Software Engineer - Platform Engineering

Pivotal Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity

Full health coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k) retirement savings plan

Flexible time off

Job summary

Pivotal Health in New York is seeking a seasoned platform engineer to design and evolve the platform architecture, focusing on scalability, reliability, and security.

You will build automation, tooling, and infrastructure as code to reduce developer friction and operational toil, leveraging Python, Terraform, containers, and cloud-native technologies.

The role requires 5+ years of experience, strong cloud and event-driven architecture skills, and a passion for reliable, observable systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of platform or software engineering experience.
• Strong Python and Terraform skills.
• Deep experience with cloud-native systems, containers, and event-driven architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the platform architecture to improve scalability, reliability, and security.
• Build automation, tooling, and infrastructure as code to reduce developer friction and operational toil.

Skills

Python

Google Cloud Platform

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Event-driven Architecture

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

System Design

Cloud Networking

Observability

SRE Practices

Kafka

Pub/Sub

Kinesis

Job description

Design and evolve the platform architecture to improve scalability, reliability, and security. Build automation, tooling, and infrastructure as code to reduce developer friction and operational toil.

Requirements

Requires 5+ years of experience in platform or software engineering with strong Python and Terraform skills. Candidates should have deep experience with cloud-native systems, containers, and event-driven architectures.

Key Skills

• Python
• Google Cloud Platform
• Terraform
• GitHub Actions
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Event-driven Architecture
• CI/CD
• Infrastructure as Code
• System Design
• Cloud Networking
• Observability
• SRE Practices
• Kafka
• Pub/Sub
• Kinesis

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Equity
• Full health coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Flexible time off