Senior Platform Engineer

What You'll Do

• At Omnidian we believe in trust and autonomy. How you create an impact is ultimately up to you. Here is an outline of some of the things you’ll be doing:
Reliability & Infrastructure Engineering (50%)
• Design, develop, and maintain tools and frameworks to improve site reliability and operational efficiency of our production Resolv platform
• Create an observability platform to improve ecosystem awareness, assist in planning, and aid issue diagnosis.
• Develop organizational standards and best practices for container management, and maintain our Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Build Infrastructure-as-Code pipelines to automate and standardize provisioning of cloud resources and environments.
Developer Experience & Enablement (50%)
• Collaborate with development teams to create shared frameworks and best practices, supporting application development.
• Automate CI/CD workflows and develop self-service interfaces for engineers to streamline software delivery.
• Create comprehensive documentation for developer platforms supporting knowledge sharing.
• Evaluate and integrate new technologies and tools to enhance platform capabilities and developer experiences.

Who You Are

• You enjoy collaborating with and assisting others on technical projects.
• You have good communication and writing skills.
• You are comfortable managing containerized applications on Kubernetes.
• You are proficient with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, particularly Terraform.
• You are comfortable hands-on with cloud providers including designing, scaling, and securing reliable cloud environments.

Experience You’ll Need

• 3–5 years of experience in Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or a closely related field, with a track record of building and maintaining production systems.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, including deploying, scaling, and troubleshooting workloads in production clusters.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools, particularly Terraform, to provision, manage, and standardize cloud resources.
• Hands-on expertise with cloud providers (preferably AWS) including designing, securing, and scaling highly available environments.
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and system design concepts as they relate to distributed systems and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Experience automating workflows and operational tasks using scripting or programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, or Bash).Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices to improve deployment speed, reliability, and developer experience.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams, balancing long-term platform strategy with immediate operational needs.

Experience That's a Plus

• Designing and implementing observability solutions (e.g., metrics, logging, and tracing frameworks) to proactively monitor and diagnose system health.
• Hands-on experience with tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, New Relic, or OpenTelemetry.
• Background in software development (Java, Kotlin) with the ability to contribute to shared libraries and tooling.
• Familiarity with continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, CircleCI, ArgoCD, or Jenkins) and developer productivity tooling.
• Experience with scaling infrastructure in cloud-native, containerized environments, including cost optimization and security hardening.
• Exposure to startups or high-growth environments, demonstrating adaptability and a willingness to wear multiple hats.
• Knowledge of industry best practices in DevOps, platform engineering, and site reliability engineering (SRE) principles.

Work-life and Culture

• Most of our roles offer the opportunity to work remotely
• If you are in the Seattle area, we offer a vibrant office space in the historic and beautiful Smith Tower, in the heart of Pioneer Square
• We prioritize applicants near one of our employee clusters and offer one or more local gatherings per year
• We provide outstanding benefits including family medical, dental, vision, disability, 401(k) administration and $1k match per year and thoughtful paid time off
• We offer 12 weeks of paid parental leave to all FTE employees (birthing and non-birthing) after 1 year, and four-week paid sabbatical leave after four years
• We offer a competitive total compensation package that includes monthly health insurance premiums, bonuses and long-term stock options for every employee
• We love to lift each other up through company-wide slack channels such as #puppiesandpets, #omnidian-wellness, #praiseandbooms and #sustainablefuture
• We have affinity groups to help employees feel seen and supported, such as Rainbow Array, BIPOC, Thriving Survivors, Vets at Omnidian, Black Lights Matter and Neurospicy R Us
• We are a passionate, mission driven team that believes in collaboration, mutual respect and trust. For examples, come Discover our Story!

Grow With Us

• We mentor and invest in our employees and prioritize them for future opportunities. Check out our Instagram reels to see a few career journey examples
• Internal candidates: Check out our advice on Internal Transfer: Job Application Process
• Here are the next roles in this career track:
• Staff Software Engineer
• Principal Software Engineer
• We’re a fast-growing startup, which means we’re constantly reinventing processes, adding new products, and asking people to use all of their skills and talents. That means there’s gonna be a lot of opportunities for you to grow, which also means you will likely be stretched in ways you’ve never experienced in a job before. If you are resilient, determined, and not afraid of a big challenge, come apply.