OEC provides software solutions to those who work in the automotive parts and repair industry. They are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to help scale and evolve their cloud infrastructure, design and build resilient platforms, and collaborate with engineering and IT teams to drive automation and improve developer experience.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, highly available platform infrastructure
- Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)
- Own and optimize cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) for performance, cost, and reliability
- Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, safe, and automated deployments
- Partner with software engineers to improve system performance and integration
- Monitor systems, troubleshoot issues, and ensure high uptime and reliability
- Implement and uphold security best practices across the platform
- Contribute to architecture decisions and continuous technical improvements
- Stay current with emerging technologies and bring new ideas to the team
- Mentor and support junior engineers; help onboard new team members
- Participate in hiring and help shape the future of the team
Requirements:
- 6+ years of experience in software or platform engineering
- Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Hands-on expertise with IaC tools (Terraform preferred)
- Proficiency in at least one language: Python, Go, or Bash
- Experience with containers & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Solid background in CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI)
- Strong understanding of networking, security, and systems
- Experience with observability/monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent hands-on experience
- Experience scaling platforms in high-growth environments
- Exposure to cost optimization strategies in cloud environments
- Experience contributing to platform engineering or developer experience initiatives