Platform Engineer
Own AWS infrastructure for Placekey production API at scale
Own day-to-day AWS operations for Placekey, a production API at scale, and support Senzing's core ops. Harden the new environment post-migration and contribute to ongoing modernization efforts. Work with EKS Fargate, Aurora PostgreSQL, S3, Lambda, Cloudflare, API gateway, Terraform, and monitoring tools while supporting Scala and Rust applications.
Why This Role?
Real input on infrastructure direction after a completed migration and active modernization
Key Responsibilities
- Own day-to-day AWS infrastructure operations for Placekey production API
- Harden and secure the newly migrated AWS environment
- Support Senzing's core platform operations and reliability
- Contribute to infrastructure modernization efforts using Terraform and EKS
- Manage and tune Aurora PostgreSQL including backup and recovery
- Collaborate on networking, API gateway (Kong/AWS), and observability with Grafana/CloudWatch/Datadog
Requirements
- 5+ years of platform/cloud infrastructure experience
- Production Kubernetes experience, EKS ideal
- Managed Postgres expertise including backup, recovery, and tuning
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) proficiency
- Strong networking fundamentals
- Solid Python and Bash scripting skills
Required Skills
Indonesia Context
- Working Hours Overlap:
- Flexible — work your own hours
Keywords
View Original Description from HN Who is Hiring
Original description from HN Who is Hiring
Senzing | Platform Engineer | Remote (USA) | Full-Time Senzing builds enterprise entity-resolution SDK technology — an embeddable library that runs entirely inside customer infrastructure with zero data exfiltration. We're hiring a platform engineer to own AWS infrastructure for Placekey (our location-data subsidiary, production API at scale) and support Senzing's core ops. This isn't a keep-the-lights-on role. We just completed an infra migration and are actively modernizing. You'd own day-to-day operations, harden the new environment, and have real input on where it goes. Stack: EKS Fargate, Aurora PostgreSQL, S3, Lambda, Cloudflare, API gateway (Kong/AWS), Terraform, Grafana/CloudWatch/Datadog. Apps are Scala and Rust. Looking for: 5+ years platform/cloud infra, production Kubernetes (EKS ideal), managed Postgres (backup/recovery/tuning), IaC, solid networking, strong Python/Bash. Remote anywhere in the USA. Competitive salary, full health/dental/vision, 401(k) match, flexible PTO. To apply: email enghiring@senzing.com with your resume and a short note — tell us about a challenging production system you've owned end to end, including an incident where your monitoring missed something and what you changed afterward.
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Frequently asked questions
- Is Platform Engineer at Senzing a remote job?
- Yes. Platform Engineer at Senzing is a fully remote role open to candidates worldwide.
- What type of employment is Platform Engineer at Senzing?
- This is a full time position.
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