Staff Platform Engineer, Cloud Developer Experience

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Platform Engineer, Cloud Developer Experience based in the United States.

This is a high-impact Staff Engineer opportunity focused on shaping the developer experience for a globally distributed engineering organization. You’ll own and evolve the systems that take code from source control through production, with a strong focus on modern CI/CD practices. The role combines hands-on software development, platform engineering, and technical leadership across multiple engineering teams. You’ll help advance progressive delivery, GitOps, canary deployments, automated rollbacks, and self-service developer workflows. You’ll also contribute to Internal Developer Platform capabilities and embed AI-assisted tooling into software development workflows. Working closely with senior engineers and engineering leaders, you’ll influence standards and practices across a large-scale cloud-native environment. This is an ideal role for a technically strong platform leader who enjoys solving complex delivery challenges while improving engineering velocity and reliability.

Accountabilities:: Own and continuously evolve the CI/CD architecture and developer-facing delivery experience.

Design, operate, and improve production-grade delivery infrastructure for a globally distributed engineering organization.

Drive improvements in pipeline reliability, speed, scalability, and predictability.

Define and maintain paved paths that enable product teams to ship quickly and safely without requiring deep platform expertise.

Own the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle, from code merge through production deployment.

Champion progressive delivery practices, including canary deployments and automated rollbacks.

Build tooling and workflows that make deployments observable, repeatable, reliable, and self-service.

Own and evolve the Internal Developer Portal and the surrounding self-service developer experience.

Partner with cloud infrastructure teams while maintaining ownership of the developer-facing delivery layer.

Lead cross-functional technical initiatives and influence engineering practices across teams and time zones.

Develop production-quality tooling in Go and Python.

Identify and embed AI-powered tools and workflows that generate sustainable improvements in engineering productivity, quality, and developer experience.

Requirements

Significant experience in Platform Engineering or Developer Experience, particularly in CI/CD, software delivery, or related domains.

Experience working in organizations with several hundred or more engineers is strongly preferred.

Proven experience owning and operating CI/CD platforms at the administrative and architectural level, including security, configuration, governance, and developer enablement.

Demonstrated ability to design, scale, and operate reliable software delivery systems in production.

Strong hands-on software engineering experience, including production-quality development in Go.

Practical understanding of progressive delivery practices such as canary deployments and automated rollbacks.

Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and Kubernetes-based platforms.

Strong interest in applying AI tools to improve engineering velocity, software quality, and developer experience.

Excellent communication, collaboration, and technical influence skills, with the ability to work effectively with senior engineers and engineering leaders across multiple teams and time zones.

Experience building or maintaining an Internal Developer Platform in production is a plus.

Experience working across both Software Engineering and Platform Engineering teams is a plus.

Interest in security and familiarity with concepts such as RBAC and OAuth are advantageous.

Benefits

Base compensation range of $223,100–$305,000 USD , depending on experience, expertise, and other relevant factors.

Potential equity participation.

Generous benefits program.

Opportunity to work on large-scale cloud infrastructure and developer experience initiatives with significant organizational impact.

Flexible collaboration within a globally distributed engineering environment.

Opportunity to work hands-on with modern CI/CD, Kubernetes, progressive delivery, GitOps, and AI-assisted engineering practices.

Staff-level scope with significant technical ownership and influence across the engineering organization.

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