Staff Platform Engineer

Zip Co; New York (NY); Remote; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Staff Platform Engineer, where you'll leverage your extensive experience in cloud infrastructure and DevOps to design and optimize secure, scalable solutions. This remote-first role allows you to work flexibly while tackling fascinating challenges in an agile environment. You will lead architectural design, champion best practices in SRE and DevOps, and mentor junior engineers, all while contributing to a team that values diversity and collaboration. With a competitive salary range and generous perks, this opportunity is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in a dynamic organization.

Benefits

Flexible working culture

20 days PTO

Generous paid parental leave

Incentive programs

Qualifications

• 12+ years in infrastructure, DevOps/SRE, and data engineering.
• Mastery of Terraform and advanced understanding of Docker/Kubernetes.
• Experience mentoring and guiding engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of scalable platform solutions on Azure.
• Drive adoption of SRE principles to improve system resilience.
• Mentor and inspire engineering teams, ensuring best practices.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Infrastructure-as-Code Expertise

Containerization and Orchestration Proficiency

Observability and Incident Response

Security-First Engineering

Mentorship

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Tools

Azure

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Staff Platform Engineer

We are seeking a Staff Platform Engineer with deep expertise in Azure, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and DevOps/SRE principles to design and optimize secure, scalable cloud infrastructure. This is a remote-first opportunity for US-based employees, with the option to work in-person out of our Manhattan office.

Start your adventure with Zip

Join Zip’s Engineering function and tackle fascinating challenges at scale in an agile, test-driven development environment. If you value good domain-driven design and enjoy delivering quality work at pace, you’ll be a great fit with the squads responsible for building cloud-native software applications that serve millions of customers and process billions of dollars in payments.

As a senior technical leader, you will drive the architecture, implementation, and evolution of our platform infrastructure, ensuring that systems are secure, resilient, scalable, and optimized for peak performance. This is a builder’s role, requiring hands-on engagement and technical ownership across multiple domains. You will influence strategic decisions, lead complex projects, and serve as a mentor and resource to engineering teams.

Interesting problems you’ll get to solve

• Lead Architectural Design and Execution: Drive the design and implementation of scalable, high-availability platform solutions on Azure.
• Establish and Champion SRE and DevOps Best Practices: Drive the adoption of site reliability engineering (SRE) principles to improve system resilience.
• Architect Cloud Infrastructure with Security-First Principles: Architect and uphold secure, scalable cloud infrastructure using Azure.
• Pioneer Containerization and Orchestration Strategies: Define best practices for containerization and orchestrate scalable data processing workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Elevate CI/CD and Release Automation: Architect and manage CI/CD pipelines.
• Enhance Observability and Incident Management: Design and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems.
• Mentor and Inspire Engineering Teams: Serve as a mentor and technical resource for junior engineers.
• Drive Security and Compliance Standards: Define and enforce security and compliance standards across infrastructure.
• Optimize Infrastructure and Cloud Efficiency: Evaluate and optimize cloud infrastructure for performance and cost efficiency.
• Lead Full-Stack Development for Internal Tools: Design, develop, and refine internal and customer-facing applications.
• Document and Institutionalize Knowledge: Produce detailed documentation and create comprehensive internal wikis.

What you’ll bring to the team

• Technical Leadership: At least 12 years of experience in infrastructure, DevOps/SRE, and data engineering.
• Infrastructure-as-Code Expertise: Mastery of Terraform.
• Containerization and Orchestration Proficiency: Advanced understanding of Docker and Kubernetes.
• Observability and Incident Response: Demonstrated expertise in logging and monitoring tools.
• Security-First Engineering: Strong background in implementing security best practices.
• Mentorship: Experience mentoring and guiding engineering teams.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• ETL/Data experience/Azure experience can set you apart from the other candidates.

What you’ll get in return

Zip is a place where you’ll get out what you put in. We offer a flexible working culture, incentive programs, 20 days PTO every year, generous paid parental leave, and more.

The annual base Pay Range for this position is $180,000 - $230,000. The total compensation package may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards.

Be a part of a team that reflects the diversity of our customers

We pride ourselves on being a workplace that provides equal opportunities to people of all backgrounds.