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Sydecar

Senior Platform Engineer

Sydecar

. Build and improve the internal developer platform, including CI/CD pipelines, build/deploy automation, and local and preview environments .

Posted 9/17/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • United StatesSenior💰 $190,000 - $255,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in building and improving internal developer platforms, with a focus on CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure as code using Terraform, and enhancing system reliability and security. Proven ability to lead projects, mentor engineers, and collaborate effectively across teams to drive developer velocity and operational excellence.

Highest-signal resume keywords
CI/CD Pipeline DevelopmentCloud Infrastructure As CodeTerraform ProficiencyRelease EngineeringSecurity Best Practices

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Hard Skills
Software EngineeringPlatform EngineeringTest AutomationDeveloper ToolingSystem ReliabilityObservabilityAI-Assisted DevelopmentEdge Case Problem SolvingApplication SecurityDependency Scanning
Soft Skills
CollaborationCommunicationMentoringOwnership MentalityEnablement Mindset
Tools & Technologies
TerraformGCPLogging ToolsMetrics ToolsTracing ToolsNestJSPrismaPostgreSQLPlaywrightReact Testing Library
Industry Keywords
FintechOWASPSecrets ManagementVulnerability ScanningDistributed Security

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
CloudGoogle Cloud PlatformPostgresReactTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Build and improve the internal developer platform, including CI/CD pipelines, build/deploy automation, and local and preview environments
  • Create a golden path that helps engineers ship quickly and safely
  • Design, operate, and scale shared services and cloud infrastructure as code using Terraform
  • Improve reliability, observability, and cost efficiency
  • Advance release automation and test automation with safe rollout patterns and easy rollbacks
  • Strengthen the platform's security posture and help build a distributed security practice
  • Partner with product teams by setting standards and interfaces and co-building shared foundations
  • Lead projects from concept through deployment
  • Mentor engineers and participate in architecture reviews
  • Help shape the platform roadmap
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, design, and operations

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • At least 5 years of software or platform engineering experience in modern languages
  • Depth in one or more platform areas: CI/CD and developer tooling; cloud infrastructure and reliability; release engineering and test automation; or application/infrastructure security
  • Track record of measurably improving developer velocity, system reliability, or release safety at scale
  • Demonstrated experience leveraging agentic / AI-assisted software development workflows
  • Strong problem-solving ability for edge cases and system scaling
  • Ownership mentality and a bias toward paved roads over gates
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills with an enablement mindset
  • Fintech experience is a bonus
  • Experience building internal developer platforms or developer-experience tooling is a bonus
  • Terraform and GCP familiarity; observability tooling such as logging, metrics, and tracing is a bonus
  • Security experience, including OWASP-style practices, secrets management, dependency/vulnerability scanning, or AppSec, is a bonus
  • Exposure to NestJS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, and Playwright / React Testing Library is a bonus

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equity
  • Up to 10% annual bonus
  • Hybrid work arrangement
  • Equal employment opportunity and a work environment free of discrimination and harassment