Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Certinia is a company that delivers a Services-as-a-Business platform, connecting all aspects of services operations. They are seeking a Platform Engineer to build and operate the platform for AI agents and services, focusing on Kubernetes on AWS and ensuring efficient delivery of features for application teams.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the complete development cycle of platform changes: Helm charts, infrastructure-as-code, services, CI/CD jobs and supporting tooling
- Add functionality to the platform through new code, configuration and infrastructure, or by changing what already exists
- Write and maintain automated tests. Perform manual verification of changes in lower environments
- Identify bugs and fix them. Address feedback from code reviews
- Monitor platform components and participate in incident response and disaster-recovery exercises with support from senior colleagues
- Demonstrate completed work to the team and the wider product group
- Keep up with changes to the team's tech stack and to tools and techniques used by the team
Skills
- A development background in a meaningful programming language, we write Go, but are happy with experience in Java, Scala, Rust, Kotlin, C# or another systems-or-services language
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes, deploying and debugging workloads, reading manifests, understanding services, ingress and basic RBAC
- Working knowledge of a major public cloud, AWS preferred, but solid experience in GCP or Azure is fine
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code, Terraform preferred, but any mainstream IaC tool is acceptable
- Comfort on the command line and a solid grasp of Linux fundamentals
- Networking fundamentals: TCP/HTTP, DNS, TLS
- Git proficiency and experience with code review
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or similar
- A clear bias for automation and for fixing the cause rather than the symptom
- Hands-on experience with EKS or another managed Kubernetes service
- Exposure to a service mesh (Istio, Linkerd)
- Experience with Helm
- Familiarity with the Atlassian suite (Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence)
- Foundational cloud or Kubernetes certification (AWS Cloud Practitioner, KCNA, CKAD), passed or in progress
- Any prior experience working in a team that owned a developer platform, shared infrastructure or developer tooling
Benefits
- Holistic Wellness Program: Monthly wellness stipends to use toward gym memberships, mental health resources, or fitness equipment, alongside access to premium wellness apps.
- Flexible Work Environment: We support work-life balance through a variety of remote, hybrid and flexible scheduling options for many roles.
- Industry-Leading Parental Leave: Generous fully-paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents to support your family’s newest additions.
- Comprehensive Coverage: Premium medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) with a competitive company match, and generous paid time off (PTO) plus observed company holidays.
- Growth & Development: A commitment to your professional evolution through internal workshops, skill-building initiatives, and supported learning paths.
Company Overview
Certinia is the leading global provider of AI-powered Professional Services Automation (PSA) software. It was founded in 2009, and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.certinia.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Certinia has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2024, 1 in 2023. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.