Senior Infrastructure Platform Engineer

Teaching Strategies, LLC

Senior Infrastructure Platform Engineer at Teaching Strategies focusing on evolving an internal developer platform to AI-first system. Collaborating on building intelligent, self-service infrastructure for developer productivity.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudGoPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with platform leadership to evolve the internal developer platform toward an AI-first model
Translate strategic direction into practical, scalable implementations
Help shape platform capabilities through hands-on engineering and technical input
Design and implement self-service infrastructure systems that abstract away cloud complexity
Build APIs, CLIs, and developer-facing tools that enable infrastructure provisioning without requiring deep cloud expertise
Introduce AI-assisted interfaces (CLI, chat, UI) for provisioning, debugging, and operations
Design, build, and operate secure, multi-tenant Amazon EKS clusters
Contribute to platform architecture, scalability, cost optimization, and reliability
Implement policy, networking, and workload isolation best practices
Build systems that interpret infrastructure signals (logs, metrics, events) and provide actionable insights
Develop AI-assisted workflows for incident triage, root cause analysis, and runbook generation/execution
Enable human-in-the-loop automation for safe and controlled remediation
Build platform SDKs, CLIs, and service templates that standardize infrastructure consumption
Contribute to AI-powered copilots and assistants that improve developer productivity
Enable natural language interaction with platform services where appropriate
Implement reusable infrastructure patterns and opinionated defaults
Encode security, scalability, and compliance into platform tooling
Extend Infrastructure as Code practices (e.g., OpenTofu) with abstraction and validation layers
Implement logging, metrics, and tracing across platform systems
Leverage AI to detect anomalies, summarize system behavior, and surface actionable insights
Contribute to systems that move from visibility to guided action
Contribute to platform instrumentation and feedback loops
Use data and developer feedback to improve usability, performance, and adoption
Continuously refine platform capabilities based on real-world usage
Work closely with application teams, SREs, and security engineers
Support platform adoption through strong technical partnership
Provide mentorship and guidance to engineers where needed

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years in infrastructure, SRE, DevOps, or platform engineering role
Proven experience building or contributing to internal developer platforms
Deep expertise in Amazon Web Services, especially EKS, IAM, and networking
Strong programming skills (Python or Go), with experience building production-grade tools and services
Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, and cloud-native architectures
Experience or strong interest in integrating AI/LLMs into developer or operational workflows
Familiarity with APIs from providers like OpenAI or similar
Understanding of event-driven architectures and their role in intelligent automation
Ability to design adaptive, feedback-driven systems rather than static workflows
Experience building developer tooling (CLIs, portals, SDKs)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation package
Employee Equity Appreciation Program
Health and wellness insurance benefits
401k with employer match
Flexible work environment
Unlimited paid time off (which includes paid holidays and Winter Break)
Paid parental leave
Tuition assistance, professional development, and opportunities for career growth
Best in class technology equipment for every employee
Penthouse suite in downtown DC seconds away from Washington Nationals Stadium and Audi Field

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Hard Skills & Tools

Amazon EKSPythonGoInfrastructure as CodeGitOpscloud-native architecturesAI/LLMs integrationevent-driven architecturesdeveloper toolinglogging

Soft Skills

technical partnershipmentorshipguidancecollaborationadaptabilityproblem-solvingcommunicationfeedback-driven designscalabilitycost optimization