Platform Engineer

DescriptionWe are seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to help shape the technical direction of our cloud platform capabilities and serve as a senior technical partner across engineering, security, and architecture. This role operates at an organizational level, driving platform strategy, leading cross-team technical initiatives, and strengthening our cloud security posture across an expanding AWS environment.You will work closely with our Security team as an embedded partner on key platform security efforts, while also coordinating with another Principal Engineer on the Platform team to align and divide technical ownership. This is a highly cross-functional role, requiring strong collaboration with application teams, security, compliance, and architecture to ensure platform services and infrastructure effectively support the broader organization.Responsibilities:Lead the design and continuous improvement of secure, scalable platform solutions in AWS environments.Partner with engineering teams across the organization to drive broad technical initiatives and influence platform strategy.Build and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform to standardize deployments and improve operational consistency.Develop and enhance platform tooling and automation using languages such as Java, Python, Go, or C#.Strengthen cloud security controls by implementing and managing services such as Security Hub, GuardDuty, Config, CloudTrail, secrets management, and private networking patterns.Support containerized workloads by improving Docker security practices and optimizing deployment patterns for services running on EC2, Fargate, and other managed platforms.Advance CI/CD capabilities through orchestration and automation tools including GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI, or similar technologies.Collaborate on secure software delivery practices, including source control standards, vulnerability scanning, and supply chain protection measures.Contribute to agile delivery processes and provide technical leadership that helps teams execute complex platform initiatives effectively.RequirementsQualifications:12+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, cloud engineering, or a comparable technical discipline.Extensive background operating at a senior or staff engineering level with ownership of complex technical decisions.Proven success leading initiatives that span multiple teams and shaping engineering direction beyond direct reporting lines.Strong programming ability in at least one object-oriented or backend language such as Java, Python, Go, or C#.Deep hands-on expertise securing AWS environments, including identity, logging, monitoring, network isolation, and threat detection capabilities.Practical experience with Terraform, Docker, and modern cloud platform services such as EC2, Fargate, Aurora, or DynamoDB.Familiarity with CI/CD automation, Git-based development workflows, and secure release engineering practices.Working knowledge of agile delivery methods such as Kanban and the ability to operate effectively in fast-moving engineering organizations.Job typePerm