Senior Platform Engineer – DevOps, Release

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of production credentials and access across hosting, edge, and third-party services, implementing rotation and least-privilege design.

• Oversee Cloudflare DNS, TLS, caching, security rules, and Workers, utilizing Git-managed configuration deployed through CI.

• Manage weekly releases, hotfixes, and rollbacks, ensuring that every release is traceable and verified.

• Develop and maintain GitHub Actions pipelines, including required checks and branch protection protocols.

• Automate repetitive manual checks into CI/CD gates to enhance efficiency.

• Monitor error tracking, uptime, and performance, including the Sweed integration.

• Provide 24/7 response to genuine emergencies such as site outages and craft blameless incident reviews.

• Identify root causes for origin and edge errors while collaborating with frontend engineers to develop a Next.js caching strategy.

• Assess dependency security advisories and implement upgrades through thorough review and testing.

• Create tested internal tools using Python or TypeScript for GitHub, Jira, and delivery processes.

• Establish repositories, hosting, edge, monitoring, and access for new brand sites.

• Transform launch runbooks into automated processes.

• Supervise and evaluate UpWork contractors assigned to platform projects.

• Engage in bi-weekly Scrum sprints, weekly shipping, code reviews, and sprint commitments.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in DevOps, platform, or SRE roles focused on production web applications.

• In-depth production experience with Cloudflare, including the development and deployment of Workers.

• Proficiency with GitHub Actions and strategies for weekly releases, including tagging, hotfixes, and rollbacks.

• Experience in secrets management, credential rotation, and implementing least-privilege access.

• Familiarity with observability tools like Sentry and APMs such as New Relic or Datadog.

• Proven experience in automation using Python or TypeScript.

• Background in working within a Scrum team.

• Regular use of AI coding tools.

• Ability to produce clear technical documentation for runbooks and incident reports.

• Must reside in a state where Verano has operational business for remote work eligibility.

• Nice to have: Experience with WP Engine or another managed WordPress hosting service.

• Nice to have: Experience with Next.js in production from an infrastructure perspective.

• Nice to have: Familiarity with Terraform or another infrastructure-as-code solution.

• Nice to have: Experience in load testing and DORA metrics.

• Nice to have: Jira administration and automation experience.

• Nice to have: Background in regulated industries or multi-brand e-commerce environments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for bonuses based on individual and company performance.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.

• 401(k) matching program.

• Paid holidays.

• Paid time off.

• Discounts on products.