7 days ago
Base Salary
$250k - $295k/yr
Responsibilities
- Drive technical decisions and systems architecture across multiple organizations and define company-wide platform direction.
- Own the platform reference architecture across AWS, Azure, commercial environments, regulated environments, and sovereign deployments.
- Lead architecture for ingress, API gateways, authentication and authorization, SSO, RBAC, service-to-service communication, and related platform conventions.
- Design repeatable provisioning for regions, accredited environments, and customer tenants.
- Set standards for infrastructure as code, GitOps, Kubernetes configuration, and release engineering through RFCs, design reviews, and reference implementations.
- Create and run technical alignment forums, including design reviews, for senior engineers.
- Partner with product, implementation, and finance stakeholders on planning, costing, and implementation options.
- Write and prototype greenfield platform components and proofs of concept.
- Partner with Security and Compliance to integrate accreditation requirements into the platform.
- Mentor engineers, raise the technical bar, participate in hiring, and represent Altana’s technical work externally.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience building and operating cloud infrastructure and platforms.
- Background in SRE or platform engineering with ownership of systems used by other engineers.
- Production experience with AWS and/or Azure at multi-account and multi-environment scale.
- Strong infrastructure as code experience with Terraform, OpenTofu, or similar tools.
- Deep Kubernetes experience, including cluster management, multi-cluster operations, and platform abstractions.
- Hands-on production experience with GitOps deployment models using ArgoCD, Flux, or equivalent.
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development and agentic coding tools.
- Understanding of regulatory and accreditation constraints, including environments where continuous delivery does not apply.
- Programming ability in Python, Go, or similar languages.
- Track record of architecture adoption across teams through influence rather than authority.
- Ability to connect technical decisions to cost, delivery, and product outcomes.
- Excellent written communication, including design documents and RFCs.
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Benefits
- Fully remote within the United States or hybrid from Altana’s Brooklyn, NY or Washington, DC hubs.
- Flexible Time Off policy.
- Paid parental leave of 14 weeks for non-birthing, adoptive, and foster parents and up to 26 weeks for birthing parents.
- Medical, vision, dental, high-deductible health plan, HSA, and FSA benefits with employer contributions.
- Employer-paid life, short- and long-term disability, and AD&D insurance.
- Guideline 401(k) retirement savings program.
- Pre-tax commuter benefits for public transit or parking.
- Free premium Calm subscription and wellness resources.
- Pet insurance and veterinary telehealth discounts.
- Employee Assistance Program and Dependent Care FSA.
- Competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers, and the role may include a discretionary bonus or variable compensation plan.
About Altana
Altana builds an AI-powered network and software platform for global trade visibility and value chain management used by enterprises and governments. Its SaaS products connect importers, suppliers, logistics providers, and customs agencies to share data for compliance, classification, and supply chain risk. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, Altana serves customers such as Maersk, Boston Scientific, L.L.Bean, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the UK Department for Business and Trade.