Principal Platform Engineer (DevOps, SRE)

Kenko Technologies LLC
Boston, United States of America
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 205K

Job location

Boston, United States of America

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing Security
Cloud Engineering
Computer Programming
Continuous Integration
DevOps
Programming Tools
Python
Systems Development Life Cycle
Reliability Engineering
Ruby
Software Engineering
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Build Management
Containerization
Kubernetes
Infrastructure Automation Frameworks
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Data Management
Terraform
Serverless Computing
Docker

Job description

Our client is a rapidly growing healthcare technology company using advanced software and data platforms to improve clinical decision-making and patient outcomes in cardiovascular care., They are hiring a Principal-level Platform Engineer to join a small, highly impactful infrastructure team responsible for cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, developer tooling, and platform reliability across a regulated engineering environment.

This is a hands-on role with significant ownership and influence over platform direction, architecture, and engineering standards. What You'll Do:

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure and internal developer platforms
  • Own and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment tooling, observability, and automation workflows
  • Develop and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform and modern cloud-native tooling
  • Support containerized workloads across ECS/Fargate and Kubernetes-based environments
  • Partner closely with software engineering teams to improve developer experience and delivery velocity
  • Help shape platform architecture, operational standards, and reliability practices across the organization
  • Contribute to cloud security, compliance, and infrastructure best practices within a regulated SDLC

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure roles
  • Strong AWS experience across infrastructure, networking, and cloud-native services
  • Hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices
  • Experience with containers and orchestration technologies (ECS, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.)
  • Strong CI/CD experience with modern build and deployment tooling
  • Background in software engineering or development prior to moving into infrastructure/platform work is highly preferred
  • Experience building internal tooling or improving developer platforms/workflows
  • Strong Scripting or programming ability in Python, Go, Rust, Ruby, or similar
  • Experience working in regulated environments (healthcare, fintech, medical devices, SOC2, HIPAA, etc.) is a plus

This is a hybrid position based in the Boston area, with two core in-office collaboration days per week and the remaining days remote.

The team is small, highly collaborative, and engineering-driven, offering strong opportunities for ownership, mentorship, and technical influence.

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