Staff Platform Engineer

Workplace

• This role is remote and based in Canada.

Company Overview

Position Overview

Craft and Delivery

• Define DevOps strategy and 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.
• Lead DevSecOps implementation for secrets management, compliance, auditing, IAM, and zero-trust networking.
• Drive reliability, performance service levels, cost optimization, migrations, modernization, and observability.
• Lead AI/ML platform infrastructure, including model serving, GPU orchestration, LLM gateways, vector stores, and AI/ML CI/CD.
• Use AI-forward tools such as Claude and Cursor in daily work.

Collaboration and Leadership

• Partner with engineering, product, and leadership on platform strategy and business goals.
• Communicate infrastructure decisions and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Lead design reviews, architecture discussions, and release readiness assessments.
• Establish platform standards, mentor junior and mid-level engineers, and evaluate emerging tools and technologies.

Required Experience

• Seven or more years of professional DevOps or platform engineering experience, including complex platform initiative leadership.
• Expert scripting, programming, Kubernetes, container orchestration, and infrastructure as code skills.
• Deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform and strong CI/CD architecture experience at scale.
• Strong DevSecOps, networking, IAM, security architecture, zero-trust, service mesh, distributed systems, and microservices experience.
• Strong AI/ML platform infrastructure experience covering model serving, GPU workloads, LLM gateways, vector stores, and AI/ML CI/CD.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, mentoring, stakeholder communication, and expert day-to-day use of AI-forward tools such as Claude and Cursor.
• Cloud certifications or FinOps experience are considered a plus.

Compensation

• The stated compensation range is $103,000 to $143,000 CAD, with placement based on factors including qualifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, and business needs.

Benefits

• Benefits include paid time off, medical, dental, and vision insurance, and a 401(k) for eligible employees.
• Employment may be conditional upon a background check in accordance with local legislation.