Senior Software Engineer - Platform Engineer
Clear Street2 months ago
Base Salary
$150k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build self-service developer platforms for infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, secrets management, and shared-service access.
- Create reusable platform services and SDKs for identity and authorization, secrets, deployment orchestration, service discovery, configuration management, and platform APIs.
- Design golden paths for building, testing, deploying, and operating software.
- Build CI/CD platforms that automate testing, security, compliance, and software delivery.
- Improve local development environments, build systems, ephemeral environments, and platform automation.
- Measure and improve developer productivity through platform metrics, engineering insights, and workflow optimization.
- Collaborate with application teams to simplify delivery, improve reliability, and eliminate operational toil.
- Build capabilities that improve scalability, resiliency, observability, and operational excellence.
- Champion Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, and modern platform engineering practices.
- Experiment with emerging technologies, AI-assisted development, and developer tooling.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in Platform Engineering, Software Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering.
- Production-quality software development experience in Go, Python, Java, or similar languages.
- Experience designing developer platforms, internal tooling, automation frameworks, or shared engineering services.
- Deep understanding of cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, Linux, containers, and distributed systems.
- Experience building CI/CD platforms and software delivery pipelines with tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, or Jenkins.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or comparable technologies.
- Product mindset focused on usability, adoption, documentation, and developer experience.
- Strong communication skills and ability to partner with engineering teams to deliver scalable solutions.
- Interest in emerging technologies, platform engineering practices, and AI-powered developer tooling.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package with company equity and 401(k) matching.
- Gender-neutral parental leave and full medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Employees are required to work in the office four days per week.
- In-office benefits include lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, happy hours, and a convenient location with views.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaAWSDatadogGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDGogRPCHelmJavaJenkinsKubernetesLinuxPostgreSQLPythonSnowflakeTerraform
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About Clear Street
Clear Street builds a cloud-native brokerage and clearing platform for institutional investors, combining prime brokerage, clearing, and custody with APIs and modern infrastructure. It serves hedge funds, professional traders, and other market participants, helping them access multiple asset classes and markets through a unified system. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, the company is privately held and operates regulated entities supporting global capital markets.