RecargaPay is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to manage its platforms, improve business continuity, and contribute to the developer experience. The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience in software engineering, solid proficiency in Java and TypeScript/Python, and deep knowledge of distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
Requirements
- Architectural strategy for the platform
- Defining and steering medium and long-term architectural strategies for the platform
- Platform as a product
- Codifying architecture into practice by delivering reference implementations and Golden Path templates for high-performance builds and standardized scaffolding
- GitOps & Continuous Delivery
- Engineer safe delivery and reusable GitHub Actions
- Institutionalize GitOps using ArgoCD/Flux and Flagger for progressive rollouts (canary/blue-green) with automated, SLO-gated rollbacks
- Cloud-Native Orchestration
- Manage and optimize Kubernetes operations using Karpenter for intelligent node provisioning, as well as HPA and KEDA for event-driven autoscaling
- Observability & SRE
- Make observability the default through OpenTelemetry and New Relic
- Define SLIs/SLOs, establish error-budget policies, and automate tracking of post-incident actions
- Security & Service Mesh
- Raise cloud and service security, operate and propose improvements related to OAuth2/JWT and secrets lifecycle management (Secrets Manager/KMS)
- Implement Policy-as-Code adoption across CI/CD and Kubernetes admission controllers
- Event-Driven Excellence
- Design and operate event topologies covering Kafka partitioning, compaction, retention policies, and schema evolution, including performance and reliability
- AI-Assisted Engineering
- Promote the adoption of AI-assisted practices to enhance code quality, automated refactoring, automated operations, and technical documentation
- FinOps & Efficiency
- Drive cost-aware architecture through cloud computing best practices, scalability, and platform/service efficiency, not merely focusing on savings plans or reservations
- Technical Governance
- Implement governance and controls that ensure the correct management of services, security, and compliance of our platforms and technologies, contributing to a culture of excellence
Benefits
- Competitive and market-aligned salary
- Remote work
- Home office allowance through a monthly deposit in the RecargaPay app
- Health and dental plans with no co-pay
- Life insurance
- Flexible meal allowance (via Flash)
- TotalPass membership to take care of your health
- Spanish or Portuguese classes
