Staff Platform Engineer - LATAM

Staff Platform Engineer In LATAM

Our client is hiring a Staff Platform Engineer in LATAM for their team!

As they build the foundation for SRE at their startup, this person will play a critical role in shaping their infrastructure and operational excellence in addition to being a full backend software engineer. Leveraging battle-tested technologies such as Kubernetes, Postgres, and AWS, this person will go beyond managing infrastructure to build tools that enable their engineers to create performant, scalable, and resilient applications. However, since they are a small team, they will expect them to be a fully functioning backend software engineer as well. This person will be

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Who You Are

Backend Engineer Expertise:

• Python/Django (Django required)

• Python + DB Performance optimization [Required]

• API / SFTP Integrations (must have experience)

• Feature Development experience

DevOps/SRE Expertise:

• Will need to be comfortable with AWS, Maintaining EKS (Kubernetes on AWS).

DevOps/SRE Skills:

• Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Github Actions, AWS, Postgres, Redis.

• They don't need to have DevOps/SRE title, but from their resume they should have some of the DevOps keywords listed right above

  • A lot of early startups don't have dedicated SREs but a senior BE architect/engineer is usually responsible for the DevOps work

Comfortable with:

• Scalable & Maintainable Backend Feature Development [Experience is Required]

• Scalable & Maintainable API/SFTP Integrations [Experience is Required]

• Monitoring and troubleshooting Postgres DB (adding/removing indexes, partitioning/sharding)

• Maintaining developer environments.

• Managing CI pipelines and runners.

• Setting up and managing alerting systems.

• Providing on-call support and guidance to other developers to triage issues.

Impact and Expectations:

• Contribute to key performance indicators (KPIs) such as system uptime, performance metrics, and compliance standards.

• Make a significant impact within the first 6-12 months by leading initiatives to improve infrastructure and operational practices.