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Staff Platform and Application Engineer

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Aug 2026

💰 $258,500/yr($191,100/yr – $258,500/yr)

About the role

Staff DevOps Engineer

We are looking for a dedicated Software and Platform Engineer to join our team and have a significant impact in improving the engineering experience at Arm.

Engineering IT supplies the tools and systems needed for creation of our software and hardware IP. Within this group, the Engineering Platform Services function provides tooling used across the company’s engineering population, as well as focusing on the tooling needs of software engineers.

As a Staff Engineer at Arm you will own technical deliveries, with responsibility from requirements through to planning, implementation, and delivery.

At the heart of our approach is a genuine passion for improving the lives of other Engineers at Arm, and a complete focus on delivering solutions aligned to business outcomes.

Responsibilities:

Working hands-on with a variety of technologies, to provide a first-class engineering experience for Arm's hardware and software engineers. The domains and areas include:

Enable Software build and test through CI/CD, build frameworks, large scale artifact distributed systems.
Develop and maintain core services using cloud-based environments and large-scale clustered compute.
Exploiting virtualization and cloud technologies using Docker, Kubernetes and Terraform.
AI Platform adoption (MCPs, Developer Tooling and LLMs)

Our varied activities involve development, and operational work. We support and guide the engineering community on how best to utilise the services we offer. Developments range from minor improvements to multi-month strategic projects. We invest significant time collaborating with other engineering teams at Arm.

Required Skills and Experience:

Experience of Linux based infrastructure design, provisioning, and maintenance.
Excellent knowledge of Cloud services and experience of at least one of the following: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform.
Proven experience in Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet.
Common SDLC tools – such as Jenkins, Artifactory, GitLab.
Containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD).
Interpreted languages (e.g. Bash, Python, Ruby) and compiled languages (e.g. Golang, Rust C, C++, Java).
Experience with AI tooling: MCP, Agents, etc..

“Nice To Have” Skills and Experience:

Experience working in a Platform Engineering environment, with the associated focus on developer experience and productivity, and the ethos of enabling self-service access to infrastructure and systems through automation.
An understanding of the software development lifecycle.
An active interest in Open-Source Software.
Experience of Microservice Software development.

In Return:

We will provide the training and environment to excel in this role. We offer a hybrid approach to remote, and office working and strive to provide an adaptable experience for all employees and to promote a strong collaborative environment.

Salary Range:

$191,100-$258,500 per year

We value people as individuals and our dedication is to reward people competitively and equitably for the work they do and the skills and experience they bring to Arm. Salary is only one component of Arm's offering. The total reward package will be shared with candidates during the recruitment and selection process.

Our 10x Mindset

At Arm, we believe progress happens when people are empowered to think bigger and push beyond what seems possible. Our 10x mindset is about curiosity, ambition and creating impact that will be used by millions. We learn fast, prioritise collaboration and turn bold ideas into real technology. We look for people who are inspired by this way of working and want to grow in an environment where bold ideas are welcomed. Discover how the 10x mindset shapes life at Arm: https://careers.arm.com/10x-mindset

Use of AI in Your Application

At Arm, we embrace the benefits AI can bring, including in recruitment. You may use AI to support your preparation, such as improving the clarity of written responses, practicing interview questions, or learning more about our industry. However, your application, and interview responses must reflect your own thinking, experience, and abilities. We want to understand your authentic perspective, creativity, and approach to problem solving. As such, you may not use AI to complete assigned tasks as part of any assessments. If you plan to use AI-supported or assistive technologies as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact accommodations@arm.com