Senior Platform Engineer

Responsibilities

• Build & Automate •
• Design self-service infrastructure using AWS (ECS, RDS, S3, Lambda, IAM) and Pulumi/TypeScript •
• Create automation that eliminates manual work •
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for fast, safe deployments Enable & Scale •
• Establish monitoring, alerting, and observability systems •
• Build documentation and runbooks that empower teams to self-serve •
• Optimize system performance, scalability, and cost •
• Implement security controls that satisfy regulatory requirements Collaborate •
• Track record building platforms that teams actually adopted Bonus points for: •

Requirements

• Kikoff: A FinTech Unicorn Powering Financial Progress with AI
• With innovative technology and AI, we simplify credit building, reduce debt, and expand access to financial opportunities to those who need them the most.
• We value extreme ownership, clear communication, a strong sense of craftsmanship, and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships.
• Production AWS (EC2, ECS/Fargate, RDS, S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM) •
• Infrastructure-as-code (Pulumi or Terraform- we use Pulumi/TypeScript) •
• CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar) •
• Containers (Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes) •
• Strong coding skills in Ruby, Python, Go, TypeScript, or similar •
• Fintech or regulated industry experience (SOC 2, PCI-DSS) •
• Data and ML infrastructure or MLOps background
• Security & Compliance: Secure architectures, IAM systems, security automation, SOC 2/PCI-DSS frameworks, audit preparation

Experience

• 5+ years infrastructure, platform, or DevOps engineering •

Benefits