Staff Developer Platform Engineer

Alteryx Inc.; Irvine (CA); Remote; USD 183,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Alteryx is seeking a Staff Developer Platform Engineer to drive infrastructure, pipeline, and deployment excellence across our engineering organizations. This role will own platform tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and progressive delivery in a large, distributed cloud environment.

You'll partner with Developer Platform & Enablement teams, coach engineers on deployment safety, and help scale GitLab usage in GCP/GKE. This is a remote-friendly USA-based position with strong cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, DevOps/Platform Engineer, or SRE with Staff-level scope.
• Deep hands-on experience administering GitLab at scale in a self-hosted ecosystem (GCP/GKE or AWS/EKS/EC2).
• Proven experience designing and operating CI/CD pipeline and orchestration systems, including progressive-delivery tooling (Argo Rollouts, Kargo).
• Strong track record managing safe deployment, rollback, and recovery processes for large, distributed cloud systems, including database change management.
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred).

Responsibilities

• Evolve GitLab at scale within GCP/GKE, including governance, permissions, runners, and pipeline infrastructure, as part of our broader Developer Experience and build/release operations.
• Design and implement pipeline orchestration and progressive-delivery systems built on Argo Rollouts and Kargo, including auto-promote/auto-rollback patterns.
• Partner with our Connectors teams on DevOps for third-party connectors (ODBC and similar), including their build, release, and deployment pipelines.
• Contribute to FinSights: developer insights and FinOps tooling and practices.
• Design and oversee buildout of deployment and release-safety practices for large, distributed cloud systems, including clear guidance on when it's safe to roll back versus roll forward.
• Partner with engineering teams on safe database change management and recovery processes for production systems.
• Drive adoption and continuous improvement of quality-of-life toolsets, alongside AI SDLC systems and other developer tooling.
• Toolset focuses include: agentic code review systems, internal developer platforms, AI ROI analytics systems, and localdev/ephemeral environment systems.
• Build and evangelize self-service tooling that makes safe deployment and recovery practices easy enough for teams to actually adopt and love.
• Coach and mentor engineers across teams on deployment safety, pipeline design, and infrastructure best practices.
• Collaborate closely with peer Staff Engineers to identify and close coverage gaps across the Developer Platform (and greater Engineering Enablement scope).
• Translate architects' longer-range direction on pipeline systems and orchestration into concrete technical plans and hands-on execution.
• Bring product-management-adjacent thinking - roadmapping, stakeholder alignment, adoption strategy - to drive org-wide uptake of new platform tooling and practices.

Skills

Staff-level scope and impact

GitLab administration at scale

CI/CD pipeline design and operation

Progressive delivery tooling

Safe deployment and rollback practices

Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure (G

Mentoring engineers

Cross-team collaboration

US/EMEA meeting coordination

Tools

Argo Rollouts

Kargo

Job description

Meet the Moment with AlteryxWe're living through a once-in-a-generation shift in how work gets done. Data, automation, and AI are quickly becoming the center of every business decision - and Alteryx is leading the transformation.You'll be working on the challenges that sit at the heart of modern business. No matter your role, the work you do will help organizations move faster, see more clearly, and tackle questions that used to feel impossible.If you're ready to meet the moment with innovation, curiosity, and excellence, there's a place for you here.Alteryx is searching for a Staff Developer Platform Engineer. This position is remote-friendly.

Position Overview

Alteryx is searching for a Staff Developer Platform Engineer to help drive infrastructure, pipeline, and deployment excellence across our engineering organizations. This position will be based in the USA, working closely with Developer Platform & Enablement to build the systems and safeguards that let product teams ship quickly and safely. As a Staff Developer Platform Engineer, you will own infrastructure, pipeline, and release-safety work spanning several areas of Developer Platform & Enablement:

• Developer Experience - GitLab operations, build/release operations, AI SDLC systems, and developer tooling.
• DevOps / Foundlings - pipeline orchestration and progressive delivery built on Argo Rollouts and Kargo.
• Loaders & Strikers - DevOps support for our third-party connectors team (ODBC and similar connectors).
• FinSights - developer insights and FinOps.

You'll also help drive improvements to quality-of-life toolsets. You'll work as a peer to our existing Staff Engineers, closing coverage gaps in infrastructure and cloud platform work rather than duplicating their architecture/DevEx focus, and will bring enough product-management-adjacent instinct to drive org-wide adoption of what you build.

Primary Responsibilities

Evolve GitLab at scale within GCP/GKE, including governance, permissions, runners, and pipeline infrastructure, as part of our broader Developer Experience and build/release operations. Design and implement pipeline orchestration and progressive-delivery systems built on Argo Rollouts and Kargo, including auto-promote/auto-rollback patterns. Partner with our Connectors teams on DevOps for third-party connectors (ODBC and similar), including their build, release, and deployment pipelines. Contribute to FinSights: developer insights and FinOps tooling and practices. Design and oversee buildout of deployment and release-safety practices for large, distributed cloud systems, including clear guidance on when it's safe to roll back versus roll forward. Partner with engineering teams on safe database change management and recovery processes for production systems. Drive adoption and continuous improvement of quality-of-life toolsets, alongside AI SDLC systems and other developer tooling. Toolset focuses include: agentic code review systems, internal developer platforms, AI ROI analytics systems, and localdev/ephemeral environment systems. Build and evangelize self-service tooling that makes safe deployment and recovery practices easy enough for teams to actually adopt and love. Coach and mentor engineers across teams on deployment safety, pipeline design, and infrastructure best practices. Collaborate closely with peer Staff Engineers to identify and close coverage gaps across the Developer Platform (and greater Engineering Enablement scope). Translate architects' longer-range direction on pipeline systems and orchestration into concrete technical plans and hands-on execution. Bring product-management-adjacent thinking - roadmapping, stakeholder alignment, adoption strategy - to drive org-wide uptake of new platform tooling and practices.

Required Skills

• 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, DevOps/Platform Engineer, or SRE, with demonstrated Staff-level scope and impact.
• Deep, hands‑on experience administering GitLab (or a comparable SCM/CI platform) at scale, ideally within a self‑hosted ecosystem (GCP/GKE or AWS/EKS/EC2).
• Proven experience designing and operating CI/CD pipeline and orchestration systems, including progressive‑delivery tooling (Argo Rollouts, Kargo, or similar).
• Strong track record managing safe deployment, rollback, and recovery processes for large, distributed cloud systems, including database change management.
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred).
• Experience coaching and mentoring engineers, and driving adoption of new tooling and practices across teams.
• Excellent cross‑team collaboration and communication skills, with comfort partnering with architects and peer Staff Engineers to define technical direction across a broad, multi‑team surface area (Developer Experience, DevOps, connector/DevOps teams, and FinOps‑adjacent insights).
• Willingness to occasionally participate in meetings with US‑based and EMEA‑based teams outside of standard local hours, given the distributed nature of the Developer Platform team.

Valued Skills

• Experience with AI‑assisted tooling and automation in a platform engineering context (AI SDLC systems).
• Familiarity with test infrastructure, testing at scale, or observability/tracing.
• Exposure to third‑party database connector ecosystems (ODBC or similar).
• Familiarity with FinOps practices and developer productivity insights/metrics.
• Hands‑on familiarity with quality‑of‑life developer tooling.
• Background in software architecture or async systems.
• Product‑management‑adjacent experience (roadmapping, driving adoption, stakeholder

Compensation

Alteryx is committed to fair, equitable, and transparent compensation. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as your relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location. The salary range for this role in the United States is $183,125 - $200,450. In addition, you may be eligible for additional compensation, such as a bonus. Employees may also be eligible for a wide range of other benefits, including medical, retirement, financial, wellness, time off, employee discounts, and others.

Benefits & Perks

Alteryx has amazing benefits for all Associates which can be viewed here. For roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Alteryx will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

As part of our ongoing commitment to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, we're invested in building teams with a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, and experiences.

This position involves access to software/technology that is subject to U.S. export controls. Any job offer made will be contingent upon the applicant's capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.