Staff Platform Engineer

Topsteptrader

United States
Base: $205,000 - $235,000; bonus/equity: not speci...
On-site
7+ years platform engineering experience
Deep aws infrastructure expertise
Datadog observability proficiency
Topsteptrader is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to lead the technical direction for infrastructure, reliability, and operational excellence within their engineering organization. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure engineering and be comfortable with AWS, Kubernetes, and observability tools

Job Summary

  • This role blends deep infrastructure expertise with SRE leadership to define technical direction for reliability and operational excellence.
  • The successful candidate will own the AWS infrastructure strategy, observability stack, and platform tooling to enable product teams to ship with speed.
  • Topstep offers a competitive salary range of $205,000 to $235,000 along with generous benefits including front-loaded PTO and wellness contributions.

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Topsteptrader is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to lead the technical direction for infrastructure, reliability, and operational excellence within their engineering organization. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure engineering and be comfortable with AWS, Kubernetes, and observability tools.

Salary

Base: $205,000 - $235,000; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: 401(k) matching, health/dental/vision, food budget

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 7+ years Platform Engineering experience
  • Deep AWS infrastructure expertise
  • Datadog observability proficiency
  • Kubernetes production operations
  • Terraform multi-account management
  • Incident response and post-mortems

Nice-to-have

  • GitOps tooling experience
  • Event-driven architecture knowledge
  • Multi-cloud infrastructure skills
  • Advanced deployment patterns
  • Financial trading platform background
  • Disaster recovery planning

Key Requirements

  • 7+ years professional experience in Platform or SRE roles
  • Proven track record scaling platform functions from scratch
  • Strong proficiency with distributed systems and networking
  • Excellent communication skills for cross-team influence

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