Staff Platform Engineer (LATAM)

Aktos; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a talented Platform Engineer to join their dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you'll blend backend engineering with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to enhance infrastructure and operational excellence. You'll leverage cutting-edge technologies like Kubernetes and AWS to build resilient applications while contributing to key performance indicators. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a small, agile team where your contributions will directly influence the success of the organization. If you're passionate about backend development and infrastructure, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Python/Django and database performance optimization.
• Experience in scalable backend feature development and API/SFTP integrations.

Responsibilities

• Shape infrastructure and operational excellence as a Platform Engineer.
• Contribute to KPIs such as system uptime and performance metrics.

Skills

Python/Django

DB Performance optimization

API / SFTP Integrations

Feature Development

AWS

EKS (Kubernetes on AWS)

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Terraform

Github Actions

Postgres

Redis

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Terraform

Github Actions

Postgres

Redis

Job description

Aktos is hiring a Platform Engineer for our team!

As we build the foundation for SRE at Aktos, this person will play a critical role in shaping our infrastructure and operational excellence, in addition to being a full backend software engineer. Leveraging technologies such as Kubernetes, Postgres, and AWS, they will go beyond managing infrastructure to build tools that enable our engineers to create performant, scalable, and resilient applications. Since we are a small team, they will be a 70% backend engineer and 30% SRE (they need to be able to do backend feature work and integrations).

Who You Are

Backend Engineer Expertise:

• Python/Django (Django required)
• Python + DB Performance optimization [Required]
• API / SFTP Integrations (must have experience)
• Feature Development experience

DevOps/SRE Expertise:

• Comfortable with AWS, Maintaining EKS (Kubernetes on AWS)

DevOps/SRE Skills:

• Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Github Actions, AWS, Postgres, Redis
• Experience with DevOps keywords on their resume, such as CI/CD, monitoring, alerting, etc.

Comfortable with:

• Scalable & Maintainable Backend Feature Development [Experience is Required]
• Scalable & Maintainable API/SFTP Integrations [Experience is Required]
• Monitoring and troubleshooting Postgres DB (adding/removing indexes, partitioning/sharding)
• Maintaining developer environments
• Managing CI pipelines and runners
• Setting up and managing alerting systems
• Providing on-call support and guidance to other developers to triage issues

Impact and Expectations:

• Contribute to KPIs such as system uptime, performance metrics, and compliance standards
• Make a significant impact within the first 6-12 months by leading initiatives to improve infrastructure and operational practices