Sr. Platform Engineer
Cox Enterprises, Inc.2 days ago
Base Salary
$112k - $186k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and develop federated GraphQL architecture using Apollo, including schema design, subgraph integration, and supergraph evolution.
- Build and scale Apollo router infrastructure for multi-region deployments, routing, and failover.
- Implement pipelines and governance workflows for safe schema evolution and prevention of breaking API changes.
- Develop multi-tenant routing and Apollo contracts for internal and external product use cases.
- Contribute to usage telemetry, billing data capture, data analytics, and Snowflake integration.
- Partner with data, platform, and product teams to onboard subgraphs and improve discoverability.
- Lead technical design discussions and mentor junior engineers.
- Participate in rotational on-call duties outside standard business hours when required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 4 years of related experience, or a master’s degree and 2 years of experience, a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience, or 16 years of related experience.
- Experience building distributed systems and APIs at scale.
- Proficiency in TypeScript, Java, or Python; experience with Apollo Server, Strawberry, or similar frameworks is preferred.
- Hands-on experience with cloud-native infrastructure, including AWS, ECS/Kubernetes, DNS routing, and pipelines.
- Strong understanding of API design principles and governance.
- Experience with GraphQL and Apollo Federation is preferred.
- Familiarity with API gateways or routing layers such as Kong, routers, and load balancing is preferred.
- Experience with observability, telemetry, and data pipelines such as S3 and Snowflake is preferred.
- Exposure to multi-region architecture, high-availability systems, platform teams, or shared infrastructure is preferred.
- Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with the ability to work remotely part of the week.
- Flexible vacation with pay, seven paid holidays, and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually.
- Additional paid leave may include bereavement, voting, jury duty, volunteer, military, and parental leave.
- Potential benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation, wellness days, and/or PTO.
- Pre-employment drug testing is required, excluding marijuana testing for this position.
Tech Stack
About Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Cox Enterprises is a privately held, Atlanta-based company operating businesses in broadband and automotive services. Through Cox Communications, it provides internet, voice, and video to residential and business customers; through Cox Automotive, it runs marketplaces and dealer software including Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, and Manheim. Founded in 1898, the family-owned company also invests in sustainable technologies and other growth ventures.