Senior Platform Engineer (Kubernetes, Application Infrastructure)

2 months ago

Boston, MA, USASenior

H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$150k - $215k/yr

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and operate WHOOP’s Kubernetes clusters on AWS infrastructure.
Drive architecture improvements across the build and deployment platform for scalability, resiliency, performance, and security.
Build tooling that improves deployment safety and release velocity to Kubernetes.
Advance CI/CD capabilities for frequent and reliable production deployments.
Lead developer productivity improvements through tooling, automation, and platform integrations.
Partner with application, security, and data teams on secure-by-default infrastructure practices.
Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems to improve platform reliability.
Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership on the Application Infrastructure team.
Define and execute the long-term infrastructure and Kubernetes management roadmap.

At least 5 years of experience in DevOps, platform, site reliability, cloud infrastructure, or backend software engineering roles.
Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture and core components.
Strong knowledge of container networking, including overlay networking, service meshes, and network policies.
Experience with multi-cluster Kubernetes environments and inter-cluster communication patterns.
Hands-on experience operating cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS, including IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, CloudTrail, and Organizations.
Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform.
Experience developing backend or infrastructure-adjacent services using Java, C#, or Python.
Ability to evaluate system performance, identify bottlenecks, and use data to drive improvements.
Experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders and prioritizing work for business impact.
Experience operating Kafka or other large-scale distributed systems is a bonus.
Experience with Kubernetes security practices, including RBAC, secrets management, and pod security standards, is a bonus.
Exposure to SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and security- or compliance-focused infrastructure initiatives is a bonus.

The U.S. base salary range is $150,000–$215,000, in addition to benefits and a generous equity package.
The role is full-time and based in WHOOP’s Boston, Massachusetts office; relocation may be required.
WHOOP offers benefits, meaningful equity, and competitive base compensation.

501-1,000 employees

Solving problems that sit at a unique intersection of hardware, tech, health, fitness and design.