Senior Platform Engineer – Developer Experience

Austin, Texas, United States

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Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

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Software Development, BiotechnologyIndustries

Requirements

Candidates should possess strong experience in DevOps, CI/CD, and automation within cloud environments, including a deep understanding of AWS, HashiCorp Terraform, and AWS CDK. They should have proficiency in both statically typed (e.g., Java) and dynamically typed (e.g., Python) programming languages, complemented by expertise in Shell scripting (e.g., Bash), and hands-on experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions, and build tools like Maven, Gradle, NPM, Yarn, and MSBuild. Furthermore, candidates should demonstrate expertise in containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and EKS, along with a solid background in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Configuration as Code (CaC).

Responsibilities

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will own and enhance our CI/CD pipelines, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and efficient; empower developers with self-service tools, reducing friction in the development process; measure and improve developer experience using data-driven insights and key performance metrics; advocate and educate, showcasing demos and best practices to keep teams informed; secure the software supply chain, ensuring industry standard compliance and reducing security risks; automate infrastructure and pipeline configurations to reduce drift and improve reliability; collaborate with teams to establish standardized deployment and release processes; scale and optimize Sonar’s AWS Infrastructure, including self-hosted runners, CI tooling, and secrets management; and lead cross-team collaboration, driving initiatives that improve engineering workflows.

Skills

Platform Engineering

Developer Experience

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

AWS

GitHub Actions

JFrog

Hashicorp Vault

Renovate

Source Code Management

Release Management

Secrets Management

Dependency Management

Sonar

Tools for code quality and security

About Sonar

SonarSource provides tools aimed at improving code quality and security for software developers. Its main products include SonarLint, an IDE plugin that gives real-time feedback on code quality; SonarQube, a self-managed solution for comprehensive code analysis and reporting; and SonarCloud, a cloud-based service that offers similar features with the convenience of cloud management. SonarSource operates on a subscription-based model, allowing clients to access its tools through annual subscriptions or usage-based pricing for cloud services. The company serves over 400,000 organizations worldwide, emphasizing the importance of writing clean, maintainable, and secure code. SonarSource's goal is to promote the philosophy of "Clean Code," which enhances the efficiency of development teams and improves the security and reliability of software applications.

Vernier, SwitzerlandHeadquarters

2008Year Founded

$444.6MTotal Funding

LATE_VCCompany Stage

Enterprise Software, CybersecurityIndustries

501-1,000Employees