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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer, Platform Engineering - **Company:** Rivian - **Location:** Palo Alto, CA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Computing Platforms, Bash Shell, C Sharp (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Programming Tools, Github, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), Network Troubleshooting, Octopus Deploy, Systems Development Life Cycle, Release Management, Shell Script, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Toolchain, Management of Software Versions, Rust (Programming Language), Trunk-based Development, GitHub Copilot, Gitlab, Cloudformation, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Git Flow, Kubernetes, Deployment Automation, Terraform, Software Version Control, AWS EKS, Docker, Jenkins - **Published:** May 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=7c73adc727b7ad1c ## About the Role Do you have experience in Version control?, * Primary Toolchain & Adaptability: Our core in-house tooling utilizes GitLab, GitLab CI, Argo CD, and Helm. However, candidates with strong experience in equivalent systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Flux, Kustomize) will absolutely be considered, provided you are highly interested in learning and can quickly master new tooling. * Experience: 7-10 years in Platform Engineering, Developer Experience, Build and Release Engineering, or DevOps, supporting large-scale software engineering organizations. * DevEx Focus: Proven track record of improving developer productivity, building self-service platforms, and reducing friction in the software development lifecycle. * CI/CD & Release Expertise: Proven track record of building complex, automated CI/CD pipelines and leading release management processes. Deep familiarity with enterprise CI/CD platforms and container registries. * Kubernetes & Cloud: Hands-on experience with container orchestration platforms (e.g., AWS EKS, GKE, AKS) and cloud operations. Strong background in Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) is highly preferred. * GitOps Proficiency: Practical experience with GitOps methodologies and automated Kubernetes deployments. * Coding & Scripting: 4-6 years of software development and automation experience. As a Staff-level engineer, you must possess the coding proficiency to architect in-house platform tooling. Strong shell scripting skills (e.g., Bash) are required. Additionally, strong fluency in Go is highly preferred, but experience in comparable systems languages (e.g., Python, Rust, Java, C#) with an appetite to ramp up on Go quickly is acceptable. * SCM Administration: Experience overseeing, administering, and scaling enterprise version control systems. * Branching Strategies: Familiarity with various branching strategies (e.g., Trunk-based development, GitFlow) to effectively support and optimize the SDLC is a plus. ## Description Are you a Staff or Lead-level Platform Engineer passionate about developer experience (DevEx), build and release engineering, and robust infrastructure? We are looking for a hands-on expert to drive continuous integration, release management, and self-service capabilities across our core stack. You will join a customer-success-focused team of engineers building Rivian's Internal Developer Platform (IDP). In this role, you will design, implement, and maintain the platform offerings that streamline our software development lifecycle. By championing standard platform engineering practices and prioritizing DevEx, you will empower Commercial Technology engineering teams to reliably and securely ship products that drive Rivian's business forward-reducing cognitive load and minimizing friction from local development through rigorous release pipelines, and into production., * Reduce Cognitive Load: Build, maintain, and advocate for self-service developer tooling and platforms that abstract away complex underlying systems, empowering developers to deploy securely and autonomously. * Optimize Developer Workflows: Continuously assess and improve local development environments, build times, and the overall developer feedback loop. * DevEx Metrics & Advocacy: Track and improve engineering efficiency using both qualitative feedback and quantitative baseline data to identify bottlenecks. Treat internal developers as customers by gathering insights and translating them into actionable platform enhancements. Build & Release Engineering * Architect CI/CD Pipelines: Design and automate scalable, end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using enterprise continuous integration platforms, integrating automated testing frameworks and deployment tools. * Release Management: Define, manage, and optimize the release lifecycle. Standardize release cadences, versioning, and rollback strategies to ensure predictable, low-risk deployments. * Toolchain Integration: Evaluate and integrate modern developer tools, including AI-assisted coding and review assistants (e.g., Claude, Gemini, GitHub Copilot), into the SDLC to accelerate developer flow., * GitOps Orchestration: Drive declarative GitOps application deployments, rollouts, and rollbacks using modern deployment controllers. * Workload Standardization: Curate and manage centralized deployment manifests and templates used across multiple projects to standardize application delivery to Kubernetes. * Containerization: Leverage containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, containerd) to package, distribute, and run applications consistently across all environments. SCM Ecosystem & Platform Architecture * Source Control Governance: Oversee Source Code Management (SCM) architecture, ensuring system stability, scalable configuration, and strategic alignment with the broader engineering organization. * System Monitoring: Monitor platform performance, troubleshoot system issues, and enforce modern usage practices across all development teams. Production Readiness & Compliance * Automated Quality Gates: Define and implement a robust, automated production readiness process. Ensure all releases meet strict standards for quality, observability, compliance, security, and alerting before hitting production. * Continuous Compliance: Embed production readiness checks directly into the CI/CD pipeline to guarantee that deployed apps and services remain compliant over time., * Engineering Partnership: Act as a strategic partner to development teams, identifying pipeline bottlenecks and providing actionable solutions for build and release challenges. * Technical Mentorship: Provide expert guidance on CI/CD best practices, release engineering strategies, and GitOps deployments. ## Related Videos - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Modern DevOps for IoT Devices and More](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1805-wearedevelopers-live-modern-devops-for-iot-devices-and-more) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Empowering Thousands of Developers: Our Journey to an Internal Developer Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1519-empowering-thousands-of-developers-our-journey-to-an-internal-developer-platform) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) - [Bringing AI Model Testing and Prompt Management to Your Codebase with GitHub Models](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1536-bringing-ai-model-testing-and-prompt-management-to-your-codebase-with-github-models) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated)