Senior Platform Engineer - VC Backed Startups

Join SignalFire’s Talent Network for Senior Platform Engineer Roles at VC-Backed Startups

At SignalFire, we partner with top early-stage startups that are shaping the future of technology. Our portfolio spans 200+ innovative companies across AI, cybersecurity, healthtech, fintech, developer tools, and enterprise SaaS.

We’re looking to connect with exceptional Senior Platform Engineers who are excited about building and scaling cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, and high-reliability systems. By joining SignalFire’s Talent Network, your profile will be shared with our portfolio companies, giving you visibility into exclusive early-stage opportunities that may not be publicly listed.

💡 This is not an application for a specific job. Instead, this is a way to get on the radar of VC-backed startups that are actively hiring AI/ML talent. If you have any questions, please direct inquiries to talentnetwork@signalfire.com.

Who Should Join?

We’re looking for engineers who are:
✔ Passionate about building scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure
✔ Excited about improving developer experience through platform engineering
✔ Experienced in cloud platforms, Kubernetes, infrastructure automation, and site reliability engineering (SRE)

Typical Roles & Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure to support high-scale applications

• Develop internal developer platforms to streamline CI/CD, observability, and deployment processes

• Architect and optimize Kubernetes-based environments for efficiency and reliability

• Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions for scalable and repeatable deployments

• Improve system observability, monitoring, and alerting for proactive incident detection and resolution

• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure scalability, security, and operational excellence

• Establish best practices for site reliability, cost efficiency, and performance optimization

• Automate cloud operations, disaster recovery, and security policies

Common Qualifications

While each startup has its own hiring criteria, many senior platform engineering roles in our network look for:

• 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, or cloud infrastructure

• Strong proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation) and configuration management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)

• Proficiency in CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Spinnaker)

• Knowledge of distributed systems architecture, networking, and service mesh technologies (Envoy, Istio, Linkerd)

• Expertise in observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, OpenTelemetry)

• Experience with automated scaling, failover, and disaster recovery strategies

• Strong programming/scripting skills in Python, Go, Bash, or TypeScript for automation and tooling

• Experience implementing zero-trust security models, IAM policies, and cloud security best practices

• Familiarity with cost optimization strategies for cloud infrastructure

• Experience in early-stage startups or fast-moving engineering teams is a plus

💡 Technologies You Might Work With:

• Cloud & Orchestration: AWS (EKS, ECS, Lambda), GCP (GKE, Cloud Run), Azure, Kubernetes, Docker

• Infrastructure-as-Code: Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, Chef, Puppet

• CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, ArgoCD, Spinnaker, FluxCD

• Networking & Security: Envoy, Istio, Linkerd, Cloudflare, AWS WAF, IAM, Vault, Open Policy Agent

• Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, OpenTelemetry, Sentry

• Databases & Storage: PostgreSQL