Staff Platform Engineer - VC Backed Startups

Reposted 15 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in Preference Estates, MD
In-Office or Remote
170K-250K Annually
Senior level
Angel or VC Firm • Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Software
The Role
Lead platform, DevOps, and site reliability initiatives at startups. Responsibilities include architecture, cloud automation, and mentoring, focusing on scalability and security.
Summary Generated by Built In
Join SignalFire’s Talent Network for Staff Platform Engineer Roles at VC-Backed Startups

At SignalFire, we partner with top early-stage startups that are shaping the future of technology. Our portfolio spans 200+ innovative companies across AI, cybersecurity, healthtech, fintech, developer tools, and enterprise SaaS.

We’re looking to connect with exceptional Staff Platform Engineers who are excited about leading platform, DevOps, and site reliability initiatives at high-growth startups. By joining SignalFire’s Talent Network, your profile will be shared with our portfolio companies, giving you visibility into exclusive early-stage opportunities that may not be publicly listed.

💡 This is not an application for a specific job. Instead, this is a way to get on the radar of VC-backed startups that are actively hiring AI/ML talent. If you have any questions, please direct inquiries to [email protected].

Who Should Join?

We’re looking for engineers who are:
✔ Passionate about building and optimizing cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, and reliability systems
✔ Experienced in leading DevOps, infrastructure, and platform engineering teams
✔ Excited about driving cloud automation, scalability, security, and performance

Typical Roles & Responsibilities
  • Architect and lead the development of scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure

  • Build and optimize internal developer platforms to enhance efficiency in CI/CD, observability, and deployment processes

  • Own and improve Kubernetes, container orchestration, and service mesh implementations

  • Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions for automated, scalable environments

  • Establish monitoring, alerting, and logging best practices to improve system reliability

  • Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure resilient, scalable, and cost-effective cloud architectures

  • Lead incident response strategies, disaster recovery, and system availability improvements

  • Mentor junior engineers and establish best practices for platform, DevOps, and SRE

Common Qualifications

While each startup has its own hiring criteria, many staff platform engineering roles in our network look for:

  • 6+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, or cloud infrastructure

  • Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)

  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation) and configuration management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)

  • Strong knowledge of CI/CD automation (Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Spinnaker)

  • Understanding of networking, load balancing, and security in distributed environments (Envoy, Istio, Linkerd)

  • Expertise in observability, logging, and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, OpenTelemetry)

  • Strong experience in performance optimization, automated scaling, and cloud cost management

  • Proficiency in Python, Golang, Bash, or TypeScript for automation and tooling

  • Experience in leading technical decisions, architecture, and mentoring engineers

  • Background in high-availability, fault-tolerant, and distributed systems

💡 Technologies You Might Work With:
  • Cloud & Orchestration: AWS (EKS, ECS, Lambda), GCP (GKE, Cloud Run), Azure, Kubernetes, Docker

  • Infrastructure-as-Code: Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, Chef, Puppet

  • CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, ArgoCD, Spinnaker, FluxCD

  • Networking & Security: Envoy, Istio, Linkerd, Cloudflare, AWS WAF, IAM, Vault, Open Policy Agent

  • Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, OpenTelemetry, Sentry

  • Databases & Storage: PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis, S3, BigQuery

  • Programming & Scripting: Python, Golang, Bash, TypeScript, YAML

What Happens Next?
  1. Submit your application to join SignalFire’s Talent Ecosystem.

  2. We review applications on an ongoing basis to identify strong candidates.

  3. If there’s a match, a SignalFire talent partner or a leader from one of our startups may reach out directly.

  4. No match yet? We’ll keep your profile on file for future platform engineering roles in our portfolio.

Top Skills

Ansible
Argocd
AWS
Azure
Bash
BigQuery
Chef
CircleCI
CloudFormation
Datadog
Docker
DynamoDB
Envoy
GCP
Github Actions
Go
Grafana
Istio
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Linkerd
MySQL
New Relic
Opentelemetry
Postgres
Prometheus
Pulumi
Puppet
Python
Redis
S3
Spinnaker
Terraform
Typescript
Yaml
Am I A Good Fit?
beta
Get Personalized Job Insights.
Our AI-powered fit analysis compares your resume with a job listing so you know if your skills & experience align.

The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
97 Employees
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

SignalFire is the first venture capital firm built like a technology company to better solve for the needs of founders. The core of its value-add is Beacon, the AI engine SignalFire has been refining since the firm's launch in 2013. Beacon tracks more than 600 million employees and 80 million companies to guide the fund’s investing and assist portfolio companies with scaling their teams and revenue. SignalFire also helps early-stage founders navigate the toughest parts of building a company at every stage, with expert advisors, 100 skill-building workshops a year, and an in-house team of recruiters, data scientists, PR experts, and go-to-market leaders. With over $2.1 billion in assets under management, SignalFire focuses on investing from seed to scale. The firm’s key sectors include AI/ML, developer tools, B2B SaaS, healthcare, cybersecurity, and consumer. https://www.signalfire.com/disclosures

Similar Jobs

SailPoint Logo SailPoint

Product Marketing Manager

Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Sales • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Data Privacy
Remote or Hybrid
United States
117K-217K Annually

CrowdStrike Logo CrowdStrike

Governance, Risk, and Compliance Specialist - Customer Assurance (Remote)

Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
Remote or Hybrid
2 Locations
85K-120K Annually

CrowdStrike Logo CrowdStrike

Analyst I, Falcon Complete (Hybrid, St. Louis)

Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
Remote or Hybrid
2 Locations
85K-120K Annually

CrowdStrike Logo CrowdStrike

Senior Engineer

Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
Remote or Hybrid
USA
140K-215K Annually

Similar Companies Hiring

Credal.ai Thumbnail
Software • Security • Productivity • Machine Learning • Artificial Intelligence
Brooklyn, NY
Standard Template Labs Thumbnail
Software • Information Technology • Artificial Intelligence
New York, NY
10 Employees
PRIMA Thumbnail
Travel • Software • Marketing Tech • Hospitality • eCommerce
US
15 Employees

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account