Principal Platform Engineer

Robert Half
Des Moines, 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
$ 225K

Job location

Remote
Des Moines, United States of America

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Continuous Integration
DevOps
Distributed Systems
Identity and Access Management
Policy as Code
Cloud Platform System
Build Management
Kubernetes
Terraform
Devsecops
Security Orchestration, Automation & Response
Microservices

Job description

We're looking for a Principal Platform Engineer to architect and scale a next-generation cloud platform powering secure, reliable, and high-velocity software delivery-including support for AI-enabled applications. This is a high-impact, hands-on leadership role where you'll define how engineering operates at scale.

What You'll Own

  • Lead the design of a scalable, secure platform that standardizes how teams build and deploy software

  • Build and evolve CI/CD pipelines that are fast, reliable, and production-grade

  • Develop infrastructure as code (Terraform) with reusable, enterprise-ready modules

  • Embed security into every layer (DevSecOps, policy-as-code, secrets, governance)

  • Implement progressive delivery (canary, blue/green) and rapid recovery strategies

  • Establish end-to-end observability across microservices and distributed systems

  • Drive AWS cloud architecture, including IAM, networking, and operational visibility

  • Partner across teams to set standards and elevate engineering maturity

Requirements

  • 10+ years in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure at a senior or principal level

  • Proven experience running complex CI/CD environments at scale

  • Deep expertise with Terraform and cloud-native infrastructure

  • Strong DevSecOps mindset (security automation, compliance, policy enforcement)

  • Experience building observability for distributed systems

  • Advanced knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, IAM, and networking

  • Ability to influence across teams and drive enterprise-wide standards, If you thrive on solving complex platform challenges and want to define how engineering operates at scale, this is your opportunity.

Benefits & conditions

Salary: $180,000 - $225,000 base plus SIGNIFICANT bonus and or equity potential

About the company

Robert Half is the world's first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.

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