Senior Platform Engineer

About Prefect:

Prefect, the open-source data workflow automation platform. Our remote first company is singularly focused on this vision, and every team member directly contributes to its advancement. Every role solves a problem, and everyone can see exactly how their work helps achieve our mission.

To that end, we've carefully created a supportive, high-performance culture - the operating system of our company - that empowers our team to do the best work of their careers and achieve their personal and professional aspirations.

We are looking for folks who want to join a remote-first team #LI-Remote to build an equally amazing company and product. In deciding whether to apply for a role at Prefect, consider whether your values align with ours.

Role Summary:

We're looking for an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to join our team of insatiably curious and passionate engineers who never settle for "good enough".

The Platform's team mission is to ensure Prefect builds and scales as a high-performing engineering organization. We drive engineering excellence at Prefect, for the benefit of our engineers, our product and our customers. To succeed in this role, you’ll need to be comfortable with cloud-infrastructure (Azure, AWS or GCP), have a background in Kubernetes and DevOps, and enjoy engaging directly with technical-stakeholders to understand their needs.

You will report to our Engineering Manager, Jamie.

What You'll Do:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure solutions
• Strengthen SRE practices by proactively monitoring and maintaining our SaaS application's stability, reliability, security, and observability.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters, including deployment, scaling, and monitoring
• Drive the adoption of DevOps best practices to streamline development and deployment processes
• Implement and maintain infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform
• Contribute to Prefect open-source projects, including the development of the Prefect Terraform provider and Prefect Helm charts

Your Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in platform engineering roles, with a focus on Kubernetes, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure
• Proficiency in at least one major cloud platform (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Scripting and automation skills, with expertise in Python or Go
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform
• Proficiency with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio)
• Prior experience developing and maintaining commercial Helm charts
• You possess initiative for identifying problems, proposing solutions, and communicating to keep team update of progress and blockers

What You'll Get in Return:

We take care of our team- our benefits are top-notch so that employees can work comfortably from wherever in the world they call home. Check out some of our most exciting benefits offered below.

• Remote-first team with flexible-first culture
• Equity Stock Options
• 401(k) with 5% company match (vests immediately!)
• Unlimited PTO
• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance
• Generous Parental Leave
• Life Insurance and Disability benefits
• $800 remote work stipend for whatever you need to work (food, wellness, equipment etc.)

And that is just the start, there's more! For more info check out our top-of-the-line benefits and perks on our careers page.

The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is ($189,000-$243,000). Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and work location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Your recruiter can share more about the salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please keep in mind that equity is not included in the range provided above and will represent a significant part of your total compensation. Benefits and any bonus or incentive compensation is also not included in the range provided above.

Belongingness at Prefect:

Belongingness at Prefect is our commitment to ensuring mutual power, access, and opportunity among all groups and individuals who make up our community. We operationalize belongingness through actions large and small on a daily basis, but always with the goal that all groups and individuals can contribute as their most authentic self to the evolution of our product, our team, and our community.

Belongingness is also our commitment to bridge with individuals or groups not yet established in our community, acknowledge differences in a way that affirms distinct identities, and allows for a new, more expansive group identity to form.

Equal Opportunity at Prefect:

Prefect is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity/expression), national origin, disability or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.