Senior Platform Engineer
Second Front SystemsFull Time
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)
The ideal candidate possesses 8+ years of experience in infrastructure or platform engineering roles, with deep expertise in Kubernetes, Helm, and infrastructure-as-code tooling like Terraform. Strong software engineering skills, preferably in Go or Python, are required, along with experience in building CI/CD systems and improving developer workflows. A clear understanding of cloud networking, service mesh, and zero-trust design patterns, as well as hands-on experience with observability tools and setting SLOs (e.g., Datadog), is essential. The ability to lead architectural design, cross-team technical projects, and a track record of mentoring senior engineers and influencing infrastructure maturity are also key requirements. Experience with compliance controls in a cloud-native environment, open-source contributions, building internal developer platforms, managing multi-account AWS environments, and working in fast-paced startup environments are considered advantageous.
The Staff Platform Engineer will lead foundational work to enable engineering teams to ship fast, securely, and reliably by architecting cloud-native infrastructure and improving developer experience and reliability. Responsibilities include designing and evolving Bolt’s Kubernetes-based platform and GitOps infrastructure, implementing scalable and secure systems for networking, identity, and service-to-service communication, and building resilient, easy-to-adopt shared platform tooling. The role involves supporting critical compliance efforts like PCI-DSS and SOC2, partnering with SDEs to improve incident response, SLOs, and reliability metrics, and collaborating cross-functionally to accelerate product velocity and reduce cognitive load. Additionally, the engineer will mentor other engineers on infrastructure design, reliability, and security best practices, lead cross-org platform initiatives with clear communication and ownership, and document, share, and evangelize platform standards and practices.
Provides seamless one-click payment solutions
Bolt improves the online shopping experience by providing secure payment solutions for e-commerce businesses. Its main product is a one-click checkout system that simplifies the payment process for online shoppers. This system includes features like Passkey, which allows users to log in and check out using methods such as PIN, Touch ID, and Face ID, making transactions faster and more secure. Bolt differentiates itself from competitors by guaranteeing a 20% increase in conversion rates for merchants, or they offer a money-back guarantee, showcasing their confidence in their technology. The goal of Bolt is to help online retailers enhance customer satisfaction and boost sales through a seamless checkout experience.