Senior Platform Engineer

GoodShip

Senior Platform Engineer responsible for building internal platforms at GoodShip, optimizing software delivery and engineering productivity in AI-driven transportation.

Posted 7/3/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and operating production workloads on AWS, with a strong focus on building developer tooling and automation. Proficient in implementing observability practices and managing infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools.

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AWS DeploymentCI/CD Pipeline DevelopmentInfrastructure as CodeObservability ImplementationDistributed Systems Understanding

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Hard Skills

Software Engineering FundamentalsProduction-Quality SystemsDeveloper ToolingAutomationOperational Metrics DefinitionSLIs and SLOsCloud ArchitectureEvent-Driven ArchitecturesPostgreSQLKubernetes

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunicationOwnershipCuriosityContinuous Improvement Mindset

Tools & Technologies

TerraformPulumiCloudFormationDatadogGrafanaPrometheusOpenTelemetryChatGPTGitHub CopilotClaude

Industry Keywords

SaaS PlatformsLogistics SoftwareSupply Chain SoftwareHigh-Growth EnvironmentsRelease Automation

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGrafanaKubernetesPostgresPrometheusTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design the Engineering Platform
Improve Developer Experience
Drive Reliability and Observability
Strengthen Data Reliability
Build for Scale

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, Platform Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or similar role.
Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience building production-quality systems.
Experience designing, deploying, and operating production workloads on AWS.
Demonstrated success building and maintaining modern CI/CD pipelines.
Ability to manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
Expertise in building developer tooling, automation, or internal engineering platforms.
Experience implementing observability using Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, or similar technologies.
Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud architecture, and modern software delivery practices.
Experience defining operational metrics, SLIs, SLOs, dashboards, and alerting strategies.
A systems-thinking mindset with the ability to identify bottlenecks and improve engineering workflows.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills with the ability to influence engineering practices across teams.
Demonstrated ownership, curiosity, and a continuous improvement mindset.
Proficiency using AI development tools such as ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, or Claude as productivity multipliers.
Experience supporting high-growth SaaS platforms, Kubernetes, ECS, Docker, release automation, PostgreSQL, event-driven architectures, or logistics and supply chain software is a plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation and meaningful equity ownership.
100% employer-paid health benefits.
Unlimited PTO.
Company-wide winter break during the December holidays.
Fully remote work environment.
Destination team off-sites.