Staff Platform Reliability Architect

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote and hybrid opportunities

Internet Stipend

Learning Stipend

Early equity

401(k) with match

Job summary

VGS is seeking a Staff Infrastructure Engineer to lead platform engineering across global, high-scale payments infrastructure. You will architect, scale, and fortify cloud systems with zero downtime, owning domains within a multi-region AWS setup.

You will drive architecture, reliability standards, and modern SRE practices, mentoring teams and shaping platform enablement for fast, secure delivery. Remote-friendly with hybrid options near SF.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of ownership of outcomes in complex distributed systems.
• Advanced proficiency in AWS and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform).
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, and GitOps workflows.
• Strong scripting in Python, Go, or Bash to automate infra.
• Deep experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
• Solid security and networking foundations for cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Build immutable, self-healing multi-region AWS infrastructure managed by code.
• Drive resiliency and automation, replacing toil with CI/CD and IaC.
• Develop end-to-end telemetry and own incident management with blameless post-mortems.
• Design Golden Paths to accelerate feature delivery and mentor teams on fast, aligned execution.
• Architect high-performance, low-latency private connectivity for external customers.

Skills

Ownership at scale

AWS & IaC

Containerization & Orchestration

Automation & Scripting

Observability

Security & Networking

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes (EKS)

Docker

GitOps (Flux, Argo)

GitHub Actions

Job description

VGS is seeking a Staff Infrastructure Engineer to lead platform engineering across global, high-scale payments infrastructure. You will architect, scale, and fortify cloud systems with zero downtime, owning domains within a multi-region AWS setup.

You will drive architecture, reliability standards, and modern SRE practices, mentoring teams and shaping platform enablement for fast, secure delivery. Remote-friendly with hybrid options near SF.