[Remote] Senior Platform Engineer at Motley Fool

United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Financial Services, TechnologyIndustries

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in platform engineering within a product-focused company
  • Startup experience: understanding the challenges that come with scaling and maturing a platform
  • Hands-on experience running self-hosted Next.js and Django applications on Kubernetes
  • A focus on developer experience, including improving local development workflows and mentoring team members
  • Strong background in automation and observability, including managing code lifecycle from development to production and using tools like CloudWatch and Datadog to optimize performance across environments
  • Advanced Terraform skills for building reproducible, scalable environments, including AWS-hosted applications, event-driven systems, containerized services on Kubernetes, and serverless functions
  • Experience supporting data, AI, or machine learning workloads in the cloud is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Modernizing and enhancing the platform end to end, from CDN to Kubernetes and everything in between (40%)
  • Collaborating with development teams to troubleshoot issues and improve performance for Next.js and Django based applications (30%)
  • Accelerating CI/CD processes to reduce time-to-market for stakeholders (20%)
  • Optimizing infrastructure and application costs (10%)
  • Designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable systems and infrastructure
  • Building and managing AWS cloud infrastructure and supporting services
  • Overseeing application deployment pipelines and maintaining multiple environments
  • Shaping the best solutions for recurring challenges

Skills

AWS
Kubernetes
Next.js
Django
CI/CD
CDN
automation
observability
networking
containerization
platform engineering

Motley Fool

Provides investment advice and financial education

About Motley Fool

The Motley Fool offers financial services focused on helping individual investors make informed decisions about their money. It provides premium subscription services like Stock Advisor and Rule Breakers, which deliver stock recommendations and investment advice to assist clients in building and managing their investment portfolios. The company generates revenue through subscription fees, website advertising, and affiliate partnerships. Unlike many competitors, The Motley Fool emphasizes a long-term investment philosophy and prioritizes financial education, catering to both novice and experienced investors. Its goal is to enhance financial literacy and empower individuals to achieve smarter, happier, and wealthier lives.

Alexandria, VirginiaHeadquarters
1993Year Founded
$54.2MTotal Funding
LATE_VCCompany Stage
Fintech, Financial ServicesIndustries
501-1,000Employees

Risks

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Differentiation

The Motley Fool offers a unique blend of financial education and investment advice.
It provides premium subscription services like Stock Advisor and Rule Breakers.
The company champions shareholder values and advocates for individual investors.

Upsides

Increased interest in financial literacy boosts demand for The Motley Fool's services.
The rise of retail investors expands the audience for subscription services.
AI integration allows for personalized investment advice and improved user experience.

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