SENIOR PLATFORM ENGINEER

Sonar
Full-time
Austin
Posted on 5 months ago

Job Description

As a Platform Engineer, you will be a key player in evolving Sonar’s engineering experience. You will design, build, and maintain the core CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling that drive our development process. You’ll work closely with engineering teams to enhance automation, security, and developer productivity, while advocating for best practices and optimizing key developer experience metrics.

Responsibilities

  • Own and enhance CI/CD pipelines, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and efficient
  • Empower developers with self-service tools, reducing friction in the development process
  • Measure and improve developer experience using data-driven insights and key performance metrics
  • Advocate and educate, showcasing demos and best practices to keep teams informed
  • Secure the software supply chain, ensuring industry standard compliance and reducing security risks
  • Automate infrastructure and pipeline configurations to reduce drift and improve reliability
  • Collaborate with teams to establish standardized deployment and release processes
  • Scale and optimize Sonar’s AWS Infrastructure: Self-hosted runners, CI tooling, and secrets management
  • Lead cross-team collaboration, driving initiatives that improve engineering workflows

Requirements

  • Strong experience in DevOps, CI/CD, and automation in cloud environments
  • Strong programming skills in statically and dynamically typed languages, complemented by expertise in Shell scripting
  • Deep knowledge of AWS, HashiCorp Terraform, and AWS CDK
  • Hands-on experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions, and build tools
  • Expertise in containerization technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, and EKS
  • Strong experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Configuration as Code (CaC), and Everything as Code principles
  • Security-first mindset, with experience in securing CI/CD pipelines and secrets management
  • Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog
  • Autonomous, pragmatic, and results-driven, with a focus on execution
  • Strong leadership and collaboration skills, driving engineering-wide initiatives
  • Effective communicator, engaging with developers and stakeholders to drive adoption
  • Open-minded and adaptable, comfortable navigating complexity and change
  • Challenger of the status quo, continuously improving processes and tooling
  • Bias toward action, prioritizing progress over perfection

Benefits

  • No benefits