SOCKET

Unusually good internet, unusually good service. That's Socket.

Senior Platform Engineer

Platform EngineerPlatform EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 51-200Since 1994H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

28 days ago

Salary

Not specified

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaKubernetesNode.jsPostgresPrometheusTerraformType Script

Job Description

• Partner closely with our engineers to debug production issues, improve performance, and design systems that scale reliably • Own and evolve Socket’s infrastructure, with a focus on reliability, performance, and cost as we scale • Help define and evolve SLIs and SLOs for new and existing systems, turning reliability into something that can be measured and improved • Debug, maintain, and improve our deployment pipeline, including addressing failures in production and driving meaningful improvements over time • Build and maintain observability across our systems (metrics, logs, traces) to support faster detection and resolution of issues • Participate in an on-call rotation and drive incident reviews with an emphasis on concrete follow-ups and system improvements

Job Requirements

  • 5+ years of software development experience, including 1+ year in a DevOps or SRE role.
  • Comfortable working on a distributed, cross-functional team where priorities shift and the problems change day to day
  • Experience scaling and operating production web applications, preferably in a TypeScript / NodeJS environment
  • Strong knowledge of relational databases, with Postgres preferred
  • Hands-on experience building and using observability systems (Prometheus/Mimir, OpenTelemetry, Grafana)
  • Experience with container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Practical experience managing infrastructure-as-code with Terraform
  • Experience running systems in a cloud environment, with GCP preferred
  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions)

Benefits

  • Market competitive salary bands
  • Meaningful equity program
  • Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family
  • Flexible time-off, holidays, and winter shutdown to rest & recharge
  • Paid parental leave
  • Remote-first, with quarterly team off-sites

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