CoinDesk

Platform Infrastructure Engineer

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Base Salary

$150k - $185k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build, test, and deploy modular Terraform infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform and other cloud providers.
  • Maintain and optimize Google Kubernetes Engine clusters, including uptime, networking, and scaling for containerized services.
  • Use LLM-based coding assistants and manage improvements to the company-wide AI platform.
  • Streamline CI/CD pipelines and improve developer experience and production deployment velocity.
  • Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, and development of long-term reliability fixes.
  • Optimize cloud resource usage and costs while maintaining performance and security standards.
  • Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams on cloud architecture and best practices.
  • Build and enhance the Backstage internal developer portal to support engineering self-service.

Requirements

  • Experience designing and managing cloud environments covering compute, storage, networking, and security.
  • Working knowledge of containers and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes and Docker in production or staging environments.
  • Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
  • Understanding of CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or ArgoCD.
  • Understanding of networking fundamentals including VPCs, DNS, load balancers, and firewalls.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, eagerness to learn, and a disciplined approach to reliability and security.
  • Effective communication and ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
  • Preferred: Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification.
  • Preferred: Ability to automate tasks using Python, Bash, or Go.
  • Preferred: Exposure to financial technology, crypto systems, or high-volume web platforms.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.
  • The position includes a discretionary annual target bonus and performance incentives; specific compensation figures are excluded here.

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