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
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
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
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
Submit your application to join SignalFire’s Talent Ecosystem.
We review applications on an ongoing basis to identify strong candidates.
If there’s a match, a SignalFire talent partner or a leader from one of our startups may reach out directly.
No match yet? We’ll keep your profile on file for future platform engineering roles in our portfolio.
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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
