Senior Engineer – Platform

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Kenya, +4 more countries.

📋 Description

• Design and develop internal tools, packages, and abstractions that streamline self-service options for engineers while minimizing infrastructure complexity and operational burdens.

• Construct, manage, and enhance automated CI/CD pipelines from code commit to production deployment.

• Manage and optimize Oyster’s AWS infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code, prioritizing scalability, availability, security, and cost-effectiveness.

• Implement SRE principles, observability, and incident management strategies to mitigate outages and expedite recovery processes.

• Discover and integrate AI, automation, and intelligent tools to boost developer efficiency and automate operational tasks.

• Transform internal engineering challenges into scalable platform solutions while continuously enhancing developer experience based on feedback and metrics.

• Work collaboratively with application, security, and infrastructure teams to troubleshoot problems, assist in incident response, and ensure reliable and secure software operations.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure Engineering, or a comparable production engineering role.

• Robust software development background in creating maintainable automation, tools, and platform abstractions.

• Demonstrated experience in designing and managing production systems on AWS.

• Strong grasp of Infrastructure as Code, ideally with Terraform or similar technologies.

• Practical experience in constructing and managing CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.

• Familiarity with observability, monitoring, and production debugging using tools like Datadog, Sentry, or equivalent solutions.

• Solid understanding of reliability, incident response, and operational best practices.

• A platform-oriented mindset aimed at reducing the cognitive load on internal engineering teams.

• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities in remote, asynchronous engineering settings.

• Experience in building or enhancing internal developer platforms, golden paths, or self-service infrastructure.

• Experience utilizing AI coding assistants, agents, or AI-driven developer tools.

• Proficiency with Ruby on Rails.

• Experience with Harness, Drone, or other contemporary CI/CD platforms.

• Familiarity with automating Heroku, Render, or similar application platforms via Terraform or scripted workflows.

• Experience enhancing macOS and Linux developer environments through automation and tooling.

• Background in working within remote-first, globally distributed teams.

• Reliable home internet connection, or ability to secure one.

• Fluent English language skills.

• Authorization to work in the location where you reside.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work from anywhere.

• Fully remote work from home.

• 40 days off annually, including holidays and vacation, or more if mandated by your country.

• Mental health support provided through Plumm.

• Monthly wellbeing allowance in the ThanksBen wallet.

• At least three months of paid parental leave for all new parents.

• Job protection for up to 12 months or as required by local regulations.

• WFH stipend for laptop and home office equipment.

• A welcoming, trust-based, and thriving work environment.

• Equal opportunity employment with reasonable accommodations.