Senior Platform Engineer (Remote / Contract)

US - Remote Who We Are Verve has created a more efficient and privacy-focused way to buy and monetize advertising. Verve is an ecosystem of demand and supply technologies fusing data, media, and technology together to deliver results and growth to both advertisers and publishers–no matter the screen or location, no matter who, what, or where a customer is. With 30 offices across the globe and with an eye on servicing forward‑thinking advertising customers, Verve’s solutions are trusted by more than 90 of the United States’ top 100 advertisers, 4,000 publishers globally, and the world’s top demand‑side platforms. Learn more at verve.com. Verve For Advertisers is a technology company that empowers brands and agencies to connect moments of discovery and drive measurable outcomes across screens. As part of Verve, we’​re unified the company’s demand‑side offering, bringing together the largest on‑site search intent dataset outside of walled gardens, direct SDK integrations with top apps, alongside data partnerships with 3M+ websites and LLMs. Our technology captures both what consumers do and why they do it, delivering high‑fidelity audiences, insights, and activation across premium omnichannel inventory. We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join our DevOps team and take meaningful ownership of our growing infrastructure. This position is a contract role and can work remotely anywhere in the US or outside of the US. They should be willing and open to collaborate with our US based engineering team during their business hours. Responsibilities Own and optimize Kubernetes clusters (GKE) at scale, including networking, autoscaling, and cost efficiency Lead the design and implementation of infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), establishing reusable patterns and enforcing standards across teams Architect, implement, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD) with a focus on reliability, security, and developer experience Design and maintain Helm charts for applications and services across multiple environments Drive platform reliability — owning scalability, availability, and disaster recovery strategy (load balancing, auto‑scaling, multi‑region resilience) Define and implement observability standards across metrics, logging, and tracing (Grafana, New Relic, OpenTelemetry) Serve as a technical lead during incidents on primary revenue‑generating applications, owning resolution and contributing to post‑mortems Mentor engineers across the team and act as a trusted advisor to development teams on infrastructure best practices, security standards, and platform adoption Contribute to the team’s on‑call rotation with a proactive, systems‑thinking approach Technologies we use Programming Languages: Ruby/Rails, Elixir, Python GCP – GKE, BigQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Functions, Cloud Build Preferred skills and experience 7+ years of relevant platform, infrastructure, or DevOps engineering experience Deep hands‑on expertise with Kubernetes in production environments (GKE) Strong Terraform skills – module authoring and IaC architecture, not just usage Experience with GitOps workflows and CI/CD pipeline design at scale Solid understanding of cloud networking, IAM, and security across GCP Demonstrated ability to work independently on complex, ambiguous problems Experience mentoring engineers and influencing platform culture We’re open to allowing the right person to learn our industry on the job. We welcome diversity and non‑traditional paths into all of our roles. We believe in hiring the right person as opposed to the right combination of keywords. Hourly Rate: $40 – $75 USD Verve provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. If you are a California resident subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act, you can understand how Verve processes your personal information and how you can exercise your rights. If you are located in the EU or UK you can understand how Verve processes your personal information and how you can exercise your rights. Communications regarding your application will only come from @jungroup.com or @verve.com email addresses. #J-18808-Ljbffr