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Alteryx

Staff Developer Platform Engineer

Alteryx

. Evolve GitLab at scale within GCP/GKE, including governance, permissions, runners, and pipeline infrastructure .

Posted 10/15/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $183,125 - $200,450 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in administering GitLab or comparable SCM/CI platforms at scale, with a strong focus on designing and operating CI/CD pipelines and orchestration systems. Proven ability to coach and mentor engineers while driving the adoption of new tooling and practices across teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords
GitLab AdministrationCI/CD Pipeline DesignGCP/GKE Ecosystem ExperienceArgo Rollouts ImplementationDatabase Change Management

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Hard Skills
Software EngineeringDevOps EngineeringPlatform EngineeringKubernetesContainerizationCloud InfrastructureProgressive-Delivery ToolingDeployment Safety PracticesRollback and Recovery ProcessesFinOps Tooling
Soft Skills
Cross-Team CollaborationCommunication SkillsCoaching and Mentoring
Tools & Technologies
GCPGKEAWSEKSEC2Argo RolloutsKargoDeveloper ToolingAI SDLC SystemsObservability/Tracing
Industry Keywords
DevOpsSRESoftware ArchitectureAsync SystemsThird-Party Database Connectors

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSCloudEC2Google Cloud PlatformKubernetesSDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Evolve GitLab at scale within GCP/GKE, including governance, permissions, runners, and pipeline infrastructure
  • Design and implement pipeline orchestration and progressive-delivery systems using Argo Rollouts and Kargo, including auto-promote and auto-rollback patterns
  • Partner with Connectors teams on DevOps for third-party connectors, including build, release, and deployment pipelines
  • Contribute to developer insights and FinOps tooling and practices
  • Design and oversee deployment and release-safety practices for large, distributed cloud systems
  • Establish guidance on when to roll back versus roll forward
  • Partner with engineering teams on safe database change management and production recovery processes
  • Drive adoption and continuous improvement of quality-of-life toolsets, AI SDLC systems, and developer tooling
  • Build and evangelize self-service tooling for safe deployment and recovery practices
  • Coach and mentor engineers across teams on deployment safety, pipeline design, and infrastructure best practices
  • Collaborate with Staff Engineers to identify and close Developer Platform coverage gaps
  • Translate architectural direction into technical plans and hands-on execution
  • Apply product-management-adjacent thinking to roadmapping, stakeholder alignment, and adoption strategy

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, DevOps/Platform Engineer, or SRE, with demonstrated Staff-level scope and impact
  • Deep, hands-on experience administering GitLab or a comparable SCM/CI platform at scale
  • Experience with a self-hosted ecosystem such as GCP/GKE or AWS/EKS/EC2
  • Proven experience designing and operating CI/CD pipeline and orchestration systems
  • Experience with progressive-delivery tooling such as Argo Rollouts, Kargo, or similar
  • Experience managing safe deployment, rollback, and recovery processes for large, distributed cloud systems
  • Experience with database change management
  • Solid understanding of Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud infrastructure; GCP preferred
  • Experience coaching and mentoring engineers and driving adoption of new tooling and practices across teams
  • Excellent cross-team collaboration and communication skills
  • Willingness to occasionally participate in meetings with US-based and EMEA-based teams outside standard local hours
  • Valued: experience with AI-assisted tooling and automation, test infrastructure, testing at scale, observability/tracing, third-party database connector ecosystems, FinOps, developer productivity insights/metrics, developer tooling, software architecture, async systems, and product-management-adjacent work

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Bonus eligibility
  • Medical benefits
  • Retirement benefits
  • Financial benefits
  • Wellness benefits
  • Paid time off
  • Employee discounts
  • Growth mindset support throughout all career stages
  • Diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace