Platform Engineer

We’re seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to own the infrastructure, reliability, and security that everything we build runs on. This is a high-autonomy role for an engineer ready to define a function from the ground up-setting technical direction, taking work from concept through production, and growing into broader technical leadership as we scale., * Own and unify the platform and infrastructure that powers our core products and services, driving toward infrastructure-as-code over time.

• Treat our engineers as your customers-build the tooling, paved roads, and self-service workflows that let them ship quickly and safely.
• Own CI/CD and release automation, keeping the path to production fast, reliable, and observable.
• Own feature-flag, configuration, and secrets infrastructure, along with the reliability of our background-job, caching, and queue systems (Celery, Redis, RabbitMQ).
• Improve observability and operational health across services through structured logging, error monitoring, and APM, and share in the on-call rotation for platform and infrastructure services.
• Own the platform’s security guardrails-secrets management, IAM and access control, PCI/PII data handling, and vulnerability management.
• Own and automate compliance and audit readiness (PCI-DSS, SOC 2, partner security reviews), coordinating external auditors and making the process repeatable., * You want to establish and own a platform from the ground up.
• You’d rather automate security and compliance than grind through them by hand.
• You enjoy contributing across the code base where needed.
• You want to be in a scaling startup that is experiencing exponential growth.
• You’re excited by building foundational work and enjoy making an impact.
• Traveling is in your DNA and you get to apply your passion into your work.
• You thrive in growing high-caliber teams and want to influence both technical and strategic direction.

• 6+ years of professional engineering experience, with a strong platform, infrastructure, or backend focus.
• Deep, hands-on AWS experience (EKS/Kubernetes, EC2, Lambda, RDS) in high-availability production environments.
• Strong CI/CD and release-engineering background, with containerization using Docker and Kubernetes, and a track record of building tooling that improves developer experience (Terraform a plus).
• Comfort working in a Python/Django codebase (Celery, Redis, PostgreSQL), able to read and contribute to platform code.
• Experience with modern observability and monitoring tooling across logging, error tracking, and APM.
• A security-minded engineer, ideally with hands-on PCI-DSS or SOC 2 experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

• Competitive salary and stock option plan
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with 5% company match
• Flexible vacation policy
• Fully remote work environment

Taekus is a 6-year-old luxury financial services company that offers travel rewards credit cards, debit cards, and other banking services for the affluent market. We currently process $3B+ annually in transactions and operate as a highly profitable company. With a lean team of under 20 employees, we’re undergoing tremendous growth as we redefine the premium banking and rewards experience.