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Staff Platform Engineer
Félix
Remote, USA
Full-time
Senior Level
Remote
Discovered 1 months ago
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- Scalable Infrastructure Architecture: Design and manage high-availability, scalable infrastructure using Kubernetes and cloud-native services to support Félix's hyper-growth.
- Developer Experience & CI/CD: Enhance CI/CD pipelines and internal tooling to minimize developer friction, enabling seamless deployment cycles from development to production.
- Platform Governance & Security: Implement robust observability, security standards, and cost-optimization strategies across the entire infrastructure ecosystem.
- Mentorship & Culture: Provide technical mentorship to senior and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of high standards, rigorous code reviews, and proactive documentation.
- Technical Advocacy: Define and evangelize best practices for infrastructure-as-code and platform standards across all engineering squads, ensuring consistency and long-term maintainability.
- MLOps/LLM Infrastructure: Partner with the AI/Data teams to design scalable pipelines for LLM model deployment, serving, and monitoring, ensuring our "AI-powered chatbot" remains performant and cost-effective at scale.
- Lifecycle Management: Own the long-term technical roadmap for the Internal Developer Platform, balancing the immediate need for speed with the management of technical debt to prevent future bottlenecks.
- Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate directly with Product and Product Engineering leadership to align infrastructure automations with business goals, ensuring the platform is always a facilitator and enabler for fast development and experimentation.
- Developer Experience (DX) Strategy: Deep experience deploying and customizing developer portals like Backstage or Port.io to create a seamless, self-service environment that accelerates time-to-market.
- Cloud & Platform Mastery: Deep expertise in Cloud Architecture (AWS/GCP), Kubernetes, Istio, Terraform, Networking, and Security alongside 10+ years of software engineering experience.
- Code and Automation led : Expertise with implementing unit testing on Terraform, Helmcharts with Terratest
- Technical Mastery: Exceptional expertise in golang and deep knowledge of System Architecture .
- Strategic Technical Leadership: Proven ability to drive architectural strategy, solve complex operational bottlenecks, and enable engineering teams through platform innovation.
- Communication & Evangelism: Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders (Product/Leadership) and drive consensus across engineering squads.
- Mentorship at Scale: A documented track record of growing senior and mid-level engineers, not just via code reviews but through architectural guidance and cultural influence.
- These are the applicable requisites, although equivalent competencies in any of the above will also be considered.
- Competitive salary
- Initial stock options grant
- Annual performance bonus
- Health, dental, and vision plans
- 401(k) with employer match
- Continuous learning opportunities
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid parental leave
- Empowering opportunities for growth in a dynamic entrepreneurial environment
About Félix
Software & SaaS442 employeesFounded 2021
Félix is a U.S. fintech remittance platform serving Latino immigrants with WhatsApp-based money transfers to Latin America.
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