Senior Platform Engineer

About Frontegg

Frontegg is revolutionizing the SaaS development market. Our cutting-edge SaaS capabilities empower thousands of developers worldwide to accelerate time to market with security and efficiency.

What are we looking for?

We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer with deep expertise in infrastructure and cloud-native systems, a passion for designing scalable solutions, and strategic leadership in advancing platform engineering. You will play a crucial role in designing, building, and optimizing mission-critical systems for high-scale deployments using the latest technologies.

At Frontegg, we constantly push the boundaries of infrastructure while scaling to meet evolving demands with the most innovative tools and architectures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, and optimization of core infrastructure solutions that support Frontegg’s high-scale, cloud-native environment on AWS.
• Drive and manage production-grade deployments using Kubernetes, Crossplane, ArgoCD, Helm, Kafka, VictoriaMetrics, MongoDB, and more.
• Develop and implement CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) principles to streamline and scale our cloud-based production systems.
• Spearhead initiatives for production stability, availability, and reliability (SRE) using observability tools such as OpenTelemetry (Otel), Coralogix, and Grafana.
• Architect, configure, and enhance monitoring, alerting, and observability tools for troubleshooting and resolving complex production issues.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, mentoring and guiding peers to implement best practices in platform engineering and DevOps.
  
  

• Deep expertise in Cloud-Native Technologies: Proven experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines in large-scale production environments.
• Programming Proficiency: Experience with compiled or dynamic languages such as Go, Java, C#, and JavaScript.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes: Experience in Kubernetes and a deep understanding of its workings.
• Production and Performance Optimization: A solid understanding of web/application servers like Nginx and NodeJS is beneficial.
• CI/CD and IaC: Strong experience with GitOps tools like ArgoCD or Flux and CI servers (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, etc.).
  
  

• Proven ability to architect, implement, and scale infrastructure and platforms in high-growth SaaS environments.
• Prior experience with advanced SRE practices, including monitoring, observability, and incident management in a microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with design patterns and the development of internal tools or CLI applications for platform engineering.