Staff Platform Engineer
Robots and Pencils16 hours ago
Calgary, CanadaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define DevOps strategy and lead infrastructure architecture across multi-environment, multi-region cloud systems.
- Architect and own scalable Kubernetes platforms and containerized infrastructure.
- Own infrastructure as code strategy and standards across environments.
- Lead DevSecOps implementation, including secrets management, compliance, auditing, IAM, and zero-trust networking.
- Drive platform reliability, performance SLAs, observability, and cost optimization across production systems.
- Lead complex cloud migrations and platform modernization initiatives.
- Design and operate AI/ML platform infrastructure, including model serving, GPU workload orchestration, LLM gateways, vector stores, and AI/ML CI/CD.
- Partner with engineering, product, and leadership on platform strategy and communicate technical decisions to varied audiences.
- Lead design reviews, architecture discussions, and release readiness assessments.
- Establish platform standards, mentor engineers, provide technical escalation support, and evaluate emerging tools.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of professional DevOps or platform engineering experience, including leadership of complex platform initiatives.
- Expert scripting and programming skills in technologies such as Python, Go, Java, or Bash.
- Deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform and expert Kubernetes and container orchestration skills.
- Expert infrastructure as code skills across multiple tools and strong CI/CD architecture experience at scale.
- Strong DevSecOps, secrets management, compliance, auditing, networking, IAM, security architecture, and zero-trust experience.
- Experience with service mesh, distributed systems, microservices architecture, and AI/ML platform infrastructure.
- Demonstrated technical leadership, mentoring, stakeholder communication, and decision-making in ambiguous environments.
- Demonstrable day-to-day usage and expert knowledge of AI-forward tools such as Claude and Cursor.
- AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, CKA, or Azure DevOps Engineer certification, or FinOps experience, is preferred.
Benefits
- Remote position based in Canada.
- Salary range of $103,000-$143,000 CAD.
- Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental, vision insurance, and 401(k) for eligible employees.
- Employment may be conditional on successful completion of a background check in accordance with local legislation.
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About Robots and Pencils
Robots & Pencils is an applied AI engineering firm that designs, builds, and runs production AI systems and agentic co-workers for enterprise operations, with a focus on AWS. The privately held company, founded in 2009 and headquartered in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, provides consulting and implementation services spanning data readiness, cloud modernization, and AI enablement. It is an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with delivery teams across the U.S., Canada, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.