[Hiring] Platform Engineer @Xapo Bank
Platform Engineer @Xapo Bank
Software Development
Salary unspecified
Remote Location
Employment Type full-time
Posted 2d ago

[Hiring] Platform Engineer @Xapo Bank

2d ago - Xapo Bank is hiring a remote Platform Engineer. πŸ’Έ Salary: unspecified πŸ“Location: Worldwide

Role Description

As a Platform Engineer at Xapo, you would be joining a team whose core mission is to improve and maintain Xapo's cloud-native platform. The focus is on enhancing self-serve functionality and driving automation wherever possible. Your role is to help empower Xapo's developers by making the platform more efficient, reliable, and easier to use, allowing them to ship products faster and with greater confidence. This position offers a significant opportunity to learn and grow by contributing directly to the systems that increase developer velocity and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Act as stewards and enhancers of the existing developer platform.
  • Maintain and improve a cloud-native platform.
  • Expand the platform's self-service capabilities, allowing engineering teams to manage their resources and workflows independently.
  • Aggressively automate manual processes to reduce toil, increase reliability, and improve developer efficiency.
  • Ensure the platform remains highly observable, scalable, and secure as it evolves.
  • Monitor and proactively manage the infrastructure to meet its requirements.
  • Ensure continuous service availability and operational integrity 24/7, which includes participation in a compensated on-call rotation.

Tools and Technologies

  • Terraform
  • AWS (ECS, RDS, SQS, SNS, VPC, KMS, SM)
  • GCP (Datastream, Cloud functions, BigQuery,...)
  • Docker
  • GitHub and GitHub Actions
  • Coralogix/PagerDuty

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of experience in platform engineering with skills relevant to the role.
  • A foundational understanding of the technologies that power an automated, self-service platform.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code: Terraform.
  • Cloud Providers: Primarily AWS (ECS, RDS, SQS, etc.) and some GCP (Cloud Run, BigQuery, etc.).
  • Containerization: Docker.
  • CI/CD & Automation: Possible experience with pipelines such as GitHub Actions.
  • Monitoring & Observability: Tools like Coralogix or similar.
  • Scripting: Proficiency in Python and Bash for scripts integrated into infrastructure or developed to support automated tasks.

Skills needed

  • Ability and eagerness to contribute to solving common platform issues using established procedures.
  • Identify opportunities for automation within solutions.
  • Think beyond immediate fixes to prevent future manual work.
  • Value building strong, collaborative relationships.
  • Clearly communicate the status of your work on platform improvements.
  • Understand the needs of the developers who use the platform.
  • A natural inclination to automate repetitive tasks and continuously look for ways to make processes more efficient.

Other requirements

  • A dedicated workspace.
  • A reliable internet connection with the fastest speed possible in your area.
  • Devices and other essential equipment that meet minimal technical specifications.
  • Alignment with Our Values and the Xapo Values-Driven Leadership principles.

Benefits

  • Impact Globally, Work Remotely.
  • Shape the Future: Improve lives through cutting-edge technology, work 100% remotely from anywhere in the world.
  • Great work-life balance: Build amazing things with a balance of autonomy and collaborative teamwork. Set your own work schedule and make use of a flexible PTO plan when you need to recharge.
  • Expect Excellence: Collaborate, learn, and grow with a high-performance team. You’ll get a yearly budget for your individual learning and development goals.
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