Platform Engineer

GovSignals

Platform Engineer at GovSignals designing and building the infrastructure for AI-driven government contracting solutions. Maintaining high compliance environments and optimizing data platforms.

Posted 4/10/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $170,000 - $220,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

DockerKubernetesPostgresPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Maintain high compliance environments running on the edge (Cloudflare) and in containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
Optimize and scale our data platform, including Postgres with local replication and S3 and R2 object storage
Build the core systems — data flows, deployment tooling, and runtime frameworks — that power GovSignals' AI platform
Prototype and scale new platform capabilities that make development faster and more consistent
Own CI/CD and automation that make shipping seamless and auditable
Create tools and workflows that remove friction and accelerate product delivery
Engineer secure-by-default systems with strong automation, minimalism, and clear provenance
Balance speed and reliability through simplicity and sound technical design
Partner with the Product team to design platform features that multiply their output
Work directly with leadership to evolve infrastructure strategy and accelerate developer velocity

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in backend, platform, or infrastructure engineering roles
Experience in building and deploying production services (e.g. Typescript or Python)
Experience scaling Docker and Kubernetes in live environments
Experience with Postgres and data modeling at scale and overtime
Experience with observability stacks (e.g. OpenTelemetry)
Proven ability to move across layers — from backend services to runtime deployments — with speed and precision
Contributions to open-source platform or infrastructure tooling (Bonus)
Familiarity with FedRAMP, NIST 800-171, or CMMC frameworks (Bonus)
Interest in AI-assisted engineering or automation of developer workflows (Bonus)
Prior startup or early-stage experience with high ownership and rapid iteration (Bonus)

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% employer-paid medical, vision, and dental (Bronze coverage)
Unlimited PTO

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Hard Skills & Tools

backend engineeringplatform engineeringinfrastructure engineeringTypescriptPythonDockerKubernetesPostgresdata modelingOpenTelemetry

Soft Skills

collaborationleadershipproblem-solvingcommunicationadaptabilityownershipspeedprecisiontechnical designworkflow optimization

Certifications

FedRAMPNIST 800-171CMMC