✨ About The Role
- The Senior Platform Engineer will be responsible for mentoring junior developers and engineers, provisioning, managing, and securing cloud infrastructure, and interacting with various stakeholders internal and external to the organization
- The role involves developing production software leveraging modern languages, building production services using Cloud Infrastructure Providers, and managing, reporting, and facilitating certification of access for all in-scope resources
- The engineer will work at Langley AFB, VA, providing night/weekend support and may require up to 10% travel
- Compensation ranges from $110,000 to $180,000 per year, with benefits including fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) and company match, education & training benefits, and more
- The successful candidate must have the ability to obtain a Security+ certification within the first 90 days of employment with Raft
âš¡ Requirements
- Experienced platform engineer with a minimum of 5 years of relevant hands-on experience in cloud computing and software development
- Proficient in modern languages such as Java, Python, Go, NodeJS, etc., and experienced in developing containerized services deployed in production
- Skilled in agile and lean software development philosophies, with a deep understanding of modern microservices architectures and design patterns
- Strong advocate for Test Driven Development (TDD) practices and experienced in building developer platform services and APIs that scale in production
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Mathematics, or equivalent technical degree; or equivalent industry experience required