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
29 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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