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# Platform Engineer (Kubernetes

- **Company:** Whoop, Inc.
- **Location:** Boston, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $215,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Kubernetes Security, Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Android Software Development, Apple IOS, Audit Trail, C Sharp (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Computer Networks, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Web Development, Distributed Systems, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, Role-Based Access Control, Reliability Engineering, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Scripting, Delivery Pipeline, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Backend, Amazon Relational Database Service, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Enterprise Integration, Apache Kafka, Build Tools, Terraform, Service Stack
- **Published:** September 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-platform-engineer-kubernetes-application-infrastructure-boston-ma--de4e7da1-825f-472a-a403-fd767c3cd566

## About the Role

* 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform, Site Reliability, CloudEngineering, or Backend Software Engineering roles
 * Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture and core components
 * Strong knowledge of container networking concepts, including overlay networking, service meshes, and network policies
 * Experience with multi-cluster Kubernetes environments and inter-cluster communication patterns
 * Hands-on experience operating cloud infrastructure, preferably in AWS (e.g., IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, CloudTrail, Organizations)
 * Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g. Terraform)
 * Experience developing backend or infrastructure-adjacent services using Java, C#, or Python
 * Proven ability to evaluate system performance, identify bottlenecks, and use data to drive improvements
 * Experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders and prioritizing work for maximum business impact

BONUS QUALIFICATIONS:

 * Experience operating Kafka or other large-scale distributed systems
 * Experience with Kubernetes security best practices, including RBAC, secrets management, and pod security standards
 * Exposure to service reliability practices such as SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets
 * Prior experience supporting compliance or security-focused infrastructure initiatives

ABOUT YOU:

 * You bring a security-first mindset to everything you build and operate
 * You enjoy working on infrastructure that enables hundreds of engineers to move faster
 * You're comfortable operating in complex, high-scale production environments
 * You enjoy teaching, mentoring, and raising the technical bar for those around you
 * You're curious, adaptable, and excited to learn across a wide range of systems and technologies, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Android, Apache Kafka, Architectural Services, Automation, Best Practices, Budgeting, Cloud Computing, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Improvement, Continuous Integration, Cross-Functional, DevOps, Distributed Computing, Establish Priorities, Incident Response, Java, Large-Scale Systems, Machine Tool, Mentoring, Microsoft C# (C Sharp), Process Improvement, Production Systems, Productivity Management, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Reliability Engineering, Root Cause Analysis, Security Infrastructure, Software Engineering, Technical Leadership, Technical/Engineering Design, Training/Teaching, Web Programming, iOS

## Description

The Application Infrastructure team enables iOS, Android, Backend, and Web engineers to reliably and quickly deliver new features to members. We own and operate critical shared infrastructure, including Kubernetes and Kafka, and build the tooling and guardrails that allow teams across WHOOP to ship safely at high velocity.

As a Senior Platform Engineer on the AppInfra team, you will play a key role in driving large-scale architecture projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and implement infrastructure that is highly scalable, resilient, and secure. You will build systems that help increase the safety of deployments to Kubernetes while also increasing the velocity of releasing new features. You will be responsible for ensuring optimal performance and stability for the entire software delivery pipeline. You will help set the direction of the AppInfra team to impact engineers across all WHOOP technology stacks.

RESPONSIBILITIES

 * Design, develop, and operate WHOOP's Kubernetes clusters running on AWS infrastructure
 * Drive architectural decisions to improve scalability, resiliency, performance, and security across the build and deployment platform
 * Build systems and tooling that increase deployment safety and accelerate release velocity to Kubernetes
 * Advance CI/CD capabilities to support frequent, reliable production deployments
 * Lead developer productivity improvements through tooling, automation, and platform integrations
 * Partner with application, security, and data teams to embed secure-by-default infrastructure practices
 * Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems to continuously improve platform reliability
 * Mentor and provide technical leadership to engineers on the Application Infrastructure team
 * Help define and execute the long-term roadmap for infrastructure and Kubernetes management at WHOOP


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