Senior Platform Engineer - Hybrid (New York or Los Angeles,CA)

Senior Platform Engineer

Senior Platform Engineer (Hybrid)

Position Overview
We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to own and evolve our core infrastructure and internal developer platform in a hybrid work model. You will design, build, and operate reliable, scalable, and secure platform services that enable fast product delivery while meeting fintech compliance requirements. This role partners closely with engineering, security, and product teams to drive automation, observability, and platform roadmaps in a fast-moving startup environment.

Hybrid with some remote flexibility

Must be open to working from either our Los Angeles, CA office or New York, NY office

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure and internal platform components to support production services, developer workflows, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code, automation, and configuration management (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible).
• Build and operate container platforms and orchestration (Kubernetes), including upgrades, scaling, and multi-tenant patterns.
• Own and improve pipeline reliability and developer experience for continuous integration and continuous delivery.
• Instrument observability and alerting (metrics, logging, tracing) and lead incident response, RCA and post-mortems to improve system resiliency.
• Partner with security, compliance, and legal teams to ensure platform controls meet fintech standards (PCI, SOC2, GDPR) and help implement automated compliance checks.
• Drive cost optimization, capacity planning, and performance tuning across cloud and platform services.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to onboard services to the platform and provide mentoring, best practices and runbooks.
• Define and execute platform roadmap, prioritizing developer productivity, reliability, and security in a startup setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in platform engineering, infrastructure, or DevOps roles; experience in start up enviornments.
• Proven experience with major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and designing resilient cloud architectures.
• Strong expertise with infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform, CloudFormation) and configuration management.
• Deep experience operating Kubernetes and container ecosystems, plus CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.).
• Solid background in observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, distributed tracing) and incident management.
• Practical knowledge of security and compliance frameworks relevant to fintech (PCI, SOC2, GDPR) and experience implementing controls and audits.
• Experience working in startups or high-growth environments with a pragmatic, hands-on approach and strong cross-functional communication skills.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience; willingness to work in a hybrid schedule

Benefits

- For this position, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa. This job was first posted by CyberCoders on 09/03/2026 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.Everforth CyberCoders is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, status as a crime victim, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Our hiring process includes AI screening for keywords and minimum qualifications, and a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. A human recruiter reviews all results. Click here for details on our virtual recruiter .  Everforth CyberCoders will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. Everforth CyberCoders is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. Individuals needing special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment can contact a member of our Human Resources team at Benefits@CyberCoders.com to make arrangements.

Salary

$175000 - $210000 USD per year