[Hiring] Senior Platform Engineer @DRW

Role Description

UP - PI (Platform Infrastructure) creates and operates tooling to make building, running, and changing UP software more scalable, failure-proof, and intelligible. They bridge infrastructure and running services and balance developer autonomy with guard-rails. The team ensures that infrastructure underlying UP services is robust, resilient, and agile to adapt to evolving demands. The team curates UP's SDLC by embedding and consulting with other teams to hone a consistent approach. UP - PI spearheads adoption of new tools and practices across the UP platform. We dogfood what we build, treat developers as customers, and look for engineers who blend strong software engineering instincts with platform engineering skills.

Expectations

• Pave a Golden Path for developers from design to deployment.
• Design, implement, operate and maintain build/release/run tooling for 20+ development teams.
• Enable other teams to focus on business domains.
• Influence outcomes through dozens of software teams.
• Broadcast contagious passion for developer experience.
• Consolidate diverse and redundant approaches to common problems.
• Support and teach users of the development platform you build.
• Incorporate Agentic AI tools into our SDLC and Platform.
• Make AI-Empowered iteration seamless and safe for other Software Engineers.

Qualifications

• Six or more years of high impact contributions in Software Engineering or adjacent roles.
• Expertise in GitHub Actions, Team City, Concourse, or comparable CI/CD systems.
• Proficiency in at least one of Python, Go, Java, Ruby.
• Working Knowledge of Kubernetes.
• Comfort deploying software to the cloud and on-premises.
• Proven success in elevating standards for non-functional requirements like security, observability, reliability, and speed of delivery.
• Informed perspective about AI Agents as development tools.
• Record of accomplishment of enhancing the capabilities of other engineers and teams.

Requirements

• The annual base salary range for this position is $175,000 to $235,000 depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set.
• The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.

Benefits

• Comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance.
• 401k (with discretionary employer match).
• Short and long-term disability.
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• Health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts.