DescriptionYour ImpactThe Senior Platform Engineer is a key technical leader on the Platform Engineering team, independently owning platform domains and driving their evolution. You design systems; not just implement them. You identify reliability, security, and scalability risks before they materialize, and you lead the technical response when they do.
What You'll DoAs a Senior Platform Engineer, you will:
- Own the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of platform domains (e.g., the CI/CD platform, the Kubernetes platform, or the cloud foundations layer).
- Architect and implement cloud landing zones, network topologies, and identity frameworks for new product lines or environments.
- Define and enforce IaC standards and module design patterns across the Platform Engineering team.
- Lead production incident response for P0/P1 platform incidents; drive post-incident reviews with actionable remediation.
- Drive automation initiatives that reduce toil for platform engineers and product teams.
- Mentor and provide technical code review for L1 and L2 engineers.
- Partner with SRE on reliability reviews for new platform components.
- Contribute to platform roadmap planning with independently identified opportunities and risks.
- Evaluate and recommend new tools, services, and frameworks for adoption.
What We're Looking ForWe know that excellent candidates come from diverse backgrounds. Even if you don't meet 100% of the listed requirements, we encourage you to apply!
- 5-8 years of engineering experience in platform engineering, infrastructure, or cloud operations with a track record of owning production systems end-to-end.
- Expert-level Terraform: module authoring, state management, remote backends, and governance.
- Production Kubernetes expertise: cluster lifecycle, networking (CNI), storage, security policies, and multi-tenancy.
- Strong multi-cloud experience (AWS and Azure preferred).
- Proficiency in Python or Go for automation and tooling development.
- Experience designing CI/CD architectures for large engineering organizations.
- AI-forward mindset with a demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, and work quality.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively use AI tools to enhance productivity and outcomes.
Compensation and Benefits- Estimated Salary Grade Range: $104,400 - $156,600
- The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience and is based on a 40-hour work week.
- If applicable - Potential Variable Pay: Based on set quotas or goals or targets (Select the most appropriate)
- Benefits: Comprehensive health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, Flexible Time Off, 401(k) plan, and more.
Our Hiring Process- Introductory call with Talent Acquisition
- Interview with the Hiring Manager
- Panel Interview with CivicPlus team members, including an interview project activity
- Offer
Note: The process may vary slightly depending on the role.
Additional Information- CivicPlus is currently unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US.
- We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the posting may close earlier at the discretion of the Talent Acquisition team.
- At CivicPlus, we embrace AI and automation as tools that help people work smarter, move faster, and focus on higher-value work that strengthens communities. We encourage thoughtful, responsible use of technology to improve efficiency, support innovation, and enhance the employee and customer experience-while keeping human judgment, collaboration, and accountability at the center of what we do.
