Platform Engineer

PermitFlow

full-time

Posted on: 8/27/2025

Location: New York • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $110,000 - $240,000 per year

Mid-LevelSenior

CloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPython

About the role

Architect, design, and implement secure, scalable, and cost-efficient infrastructure solutions to support a rapidly growing product
Design and implement backend and frontend services, APIs, and data pipelines to support AI-driven workflows
Own features end-to-end, from architecture and implementation to testing and production deployment
Develop and maintain automation through Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines
Monitor, optimize, and scale our cloud infrastructure for performance and reliability
Establish and enforce best practices for observability, logging, and alerting
Lead and participate in incident response, troubleshooting complex issues and driving postmortem learning and improvements
Collaborate across engineering teams to improve developer velocity while balancing reliability, security, and cost

5+ years of experience in Platform, Site Reliability, Infrastructure, or similar roles
Strong experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, ECS, Kubernetes a plus)
Expertise with CI/CD pipelines and modern infrastructure automation tools
Coding and scripting proficiency (Python, Go, Bash, etc.)
Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred) and distributed systems
Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and incident management best practices
Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment, where adaptability and ownership are essential