Staff Platform Engineer

Motive

. Define the direction and initiatives for the team and platform .

Posted 10/30/2026full-timeSeattle • Washington • United StatesLead💰 $181,000 - $220,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building CI/CD infrastructure and improving developer experience across SaaS, Mobile, and Embedded/IoT products. Proficient in automation, infrastructure as code, and mentoring engineering teams to adopt best practices.

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CI/CD Infrastructure DevelopmentInfrastructure As CodeGolang, Ruby On Rails, PythonAWS ServicesContainerized Environments

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Hard Skills

CI/CD Pipeline SolutionsMicroservice Creation MechanismsGit Flow And Versioning StrategiesReproducible BuildsAnsibleKubernetesTerraformHelmDistributed Release ManagementAutomated Testing

Soft Skills

Coaching And MentoringCollaborationAdvocating Best Practices

Tools & Technologies

TektonProwCircleCIJenkinsSpinnakerGitHub ActionsGerritAndroid OS (AOSP)

Industry Keywords

Self-Service EngineeringLocal Development ExperienceAutomated Delivery PipelinesEmbedded SystemsU.S. Export Administration Regulations

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidAnsibleAWSIoTJenkinsKubernetesPythonRubyRuby on RailsSDLCSpinnakerTerraformGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define the direction and initiatives for the team and platform
Build fully automated bootstrapping and delivery pipelines
Advance self-service engineering technologies and approaches
Improve the local development experience while maintaining consistency
Build self-healing infrastructure for fast, robust automated testing
Improve the performance and reliability of existing systems
Host Brown Bag sessions and demos to drive adoption and collaboration
Coach and mentor team engineers and collaborate on designs
Build systems and automation supporting development, build, and delivery across SaaS, Mobile, and Embedded/IoT products
Develop secure, highly scalable distributed services and an automated, maintainable ecosystem

Requirements

What you’ll need

7–10+ years of engineering experience
B.S. degree in Engineering or a related field
Experience building CI/CD infrastructure with multiple pipeline solutions, such as Tekton, Prow, CircleCI, Jenkins, Spinnaker, or GitHub Actions
Experience improving the SDLC release process
Experience streamlining microservice creation mechanisms
Experience streamlining developers’ local environments, including Ansible and local Kubernetes
Expertise in Git flow and versioning strategies
Experience with mechanisms that facilitate reproducible builds across an organization
Practice advocating for best engineering practices throughout an organization
Experience improving developer experience with multiple stakeholders in a large organization
Experience in Golang, Ruby on Rails, Python, or similar languages
Working knowledge of AWS services and technologies
Experience with infrastructure as code and configuration management, including Terraform, Ansible, and Helm
Experience with large-scale distributed release management processes
Experience with containerized environments and orchestration frameworks such as Kubernetes
Bonus: Experience with Gerrit and Android OS (AOSP) build systems
Bonus: Experience with embedded systems builds and compiles
Must be authorized to receive and access commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health benefits
Pharmacy benefits
Optical care benefits
Dental care benefits
Paid time off
Sick time off
Short-term disability coverage
Long-term disability coverage
Life insurance
401(k) contribution
Restricted stock units may be included in total compensation for certain roles
Some interviews or new-hire training sessions may be held in person at a global office