Staff Platform Engineer

PHIZENIX

. Build the platform runtime, including container orchestration, tenancy-grade isolation, and inherited module contracts .

Posted 10/14/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $180,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in Infrastructure as Code, particularly with Terraform or OpenTofu, and has a strong command of cloud identity and network security across major platforms. Proven ability to implement security and compliance as code while driving platform standards and enhancing developer experience.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Infrastructure As CodeKubernetes Platform OperationsCloud Identity And Network SecuritySecurity And Compliance As CodeProduction Observability

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Hard Skills

TerraformOpenTofuKubernetesGitOpsCI/CDGoPythonTypeScriptOpenTelemetryAgile Methodologies

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsCross-Functional Collaboration

Tools & Technologies

GitHub ActionsSnykCheckovTrivyOPAKyvernoAzure Policy

Certifications & Qualifications

SOC2ISO 27001

Industry Keywords

Multi-Tenant ArchitectureTelemetryService-Level ObjectivesFault InjectionAudit Trails

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDNSGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPythonTerraformTypeScriptGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build the platform runtime, including container orchestration, tenancy-grade isolation, and inherited module contracts
Design composable infrastructure as code at fleet scale and publish versioned templates and images
Automate environment creation and destruction through pull requests, with verification that nothing remains
Design federated, credential-free identity and network systems with audited privileged access and separate internal/external edges
Provide telemetry, alerting, service-level objectives, fault injection, and per-engagement cost attribution including AI spend
Build and operate shared delivery pipelines and pluggable quality, security, and AI-governance gates
Implement security and compliance as code, including scanning, policy controls, signed artifacts, attestations, audit trails, SBOMs, and SOC2/ISO 27001 evidence
Package and secure AI-assisted development environments with sandboxing, default-deny egress, short-lived credentials, and isolated runners
Measure platform outcomes, improve developer experience, and validate golden paths through hands-on use
Make architecture decisions through spikes and proofs of concept and produce security and reliability evidence
Review designs and pull requests, write architecture decision records, and provide technical leadership
Drive adoption of platform standards and support product-team migrations

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years in software engineering, platform or infrastructure engineering, or a closely related technical field
Hands-on expertise in infrastructure as code at fleet scale (Terraform or OpenTofu with Terragrunt or equivalent): module architecture, remote state, multi-environment topology
Demonstrated experience operating multi-tenant Kubernetes platforms in production: GitOps, network and admission policy, workload identity, tenant isolation
Experience building CI/CD as a shared platform (GitHub Actions or equivalent), with reusable workflow contracts, fleet-scale branch protection, and enforced quality and security gates
Strong hands-on command of cloud identity and network security on Azure/AWS/GCP or a comparable hyperscaler: workload identity federation, RBAC, private networking, WAF, DNS
Substantive experience with security and compliance as code: scanning toolchains (Snyk, Checkov, Trivy), policy engines (OPA, Kyverno, Azure Policy), supply chain controls (signing, provenance, SBOM), and SOC2 / ISO 27001 control evidence
Production observability with OpenTelemetry or equivalent: collector topology, SLOs and error budgets, alert routing, incident management, fault injection
Built and operated production application software in at least one of Go, Python, or TypeScript; fluent in testing strategy, code review, trunk-based delivery, and release management
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; ability to translate complex technical topics to diverse audiences
Experience with Agile methodologies and cross-functional product team collaboration