Senior / Staff Platform Engineer (AWS · Infrastructure · Distributed System)
Blue Language Labs
This is a Platform Engineer role owning the entire AWS infrastructure for a small startup building a protocol for deterministic, verifiable, multi-party agreements (like smart contracts without blockchain). You'll own end-to-end: architecture, CI/CD, observability, security, cost, and production operations for a distributed, event-driven system with payment-grade reliability. The role is high-autonomy, includes on-call, and you'll work directly with the founding team in an async-first remote environment.
Brakuje: team size and composition, on-call details (frequency, compensation).
This is a Platform Engineer role owning the entire AWS infrastructure for a small startup building a protocol for deterministic, verifiable, multi-party agreements (like smart contracts without blockchain). You'll own end-to-end: architecture, CI/CD, observability, security, cost, and production operations for a distributed, event-driven system with payment-grade reliability. The role is high-autonomy, includes on-call, and you'll work directly with the founding team in an async-first remote environment.
- ✓Equity — own a piece of what you’re building
- ✓Fully remote in an async-first environment
- ✓Direct collaboration with founding team
- ✓Real ownership over infrastructure and deployment safety
- ✓Interesting platform problems: deterministic processing, distributed state, payment-grade reliability
- ✓Small team, fast decisions, visible impact
- !On-call is mentioned but without details (frequency, compensation, rotation)
- !Company size (1-9) implies potential instability
- !Vague mention of 'modern AI tooling' in daily work
- !Equity mentioned but no specifics
- •Own AWS infrastructure end-to-end: architecture, security, reliability, cost, and production operations
- •Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for confident, automated deployments
- •Build monitoring, alerting, and dashboards for queue depth, processing failures, latency spikes, and delivery anomalies
- •Operate and improve distributed event-driven infrastructure across Lambda, SQS, Redis, S3, and PostgreSQL
- •Define and maintain Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation, SAM, CDK, or equivalent
- •Manage environment strategy (dev, staging, production) with strong parity and clean promotion paths
- •Enforce IAM least-privilege, secure secrets handling, service-to-service trust, and network isolation
- •Own PostgreSQL operations: migrations, configuration, performance, backup/restore, and reliability
Oferta dla doświadczonych specjalistów (Senior).
A mid-level Platform Engineer with solid AWS and IaC experience, some exposure to distributed systems and event-driven architectures, who is ready to grow into full ownership in a startup environment.
Not for engineers who prefer defined boundaries, dislike on-call, or require hand-holding. Not for those without deep AWS and IaC experience.
- ?How is on-call structured — frequency, compensation, and escalation paths?
- ?What is the current team size (engineering team)?
- ?What is the current state of the infrastructure — greenfield or existing?
- ?How is equity structured?
- ?What is the recruitment process and timeline?
- ?What are the biggest infrastructure challenges right now?
- ?How do you handle deployment safety and rollbacks?
- ?What is the expected level of hands-on coding vs. architecture?
- −Team size and composition
- −On-call details (frequency, compensation)
- −Equity details
- −Recruitment process
- −Current technical debt or legacy concerns
- −Specific AI tooling used
Small, async-first, high autonomy, flat structure, direct collaboration with founders. Emphasis on ownership and trust.
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