Red Ventures · 3 weeks ago
Senior Platform Engineer | Bankrate
Charlotte, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$130K/yr - $205K/yr
5+ years expBankrate is redefining the future of financial decision-making, and they are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to help build the internal platforms, tooling, and standards for their product engineering teams. This role focuses on improving reliability and productivity across the organization by designing shared platform patterns, building internal tooling, and enhancing developer experience.
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Responsibilities
Design and evolve shared platform patterns and standards for infrastructure, service operation, and delivery workflows used by product teams
Build internal tooling and automation that make those patterns easy to adopt and consistently apply
Partner with application engineers to understand friction points and translate them into scalable platform solutions
Design and maintain reusable CI/CD frameworks and workflows using modern automation and pipeline tooling
Create and maintain infrastructure-as-code abstractions using tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation, enabling teams to provision and operate resources safely and consistently
Improve containerized application platforms using technologies like Docker and Kubernetes/ECS, focusing on tooling, documentation, and operational patterns
Embed security, observability, and reliability best practices directly into platform systems and templates
Participate in incident reviews and reliability discussions to identify systemic improvements that can be addressed at the platform level
Continuously improve developer experience by reducing cognitive load, shortening feedback loops, and eliminating repetitive work
Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of ownership, clarity, and continuous improvement
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, cloud, or systems engineering roles
Strong experience designing and operating cloud-based engineering systems (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent, including building reusable modules or abstractions
Experience supporting containerized workloads and service platforms (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, or similar)
Solid software engineering experience in at least one general-purpose programming language (e.g., Python, Go, JavaScript)
Experience designing, measuring, and operationalizing service reliability using concepts such as SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets, and applying those signals to platform design decisions
Experience implementing observability practices using tools such as Datadog, New Relic, Prometheus, or Cloud-native monitoring solutions
Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and how platform systems enable product teams
A security-first mindset, with experience embedding guardrails into shared systems
Strong communicator who can partner across teams to align on platform patterns, influence adoption, and drive consistent engineering practices
Benefits
Health Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, and vision)
Life Insurance
Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts
Holiday Pay
401(k) with match
Employee Assistance Program
Paid Parental Bonding Benefit Program
Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO): We believe time to rest and recharge is essential. That’s why we offer a generous and flexible PTO policy. Full-time employees accrue 20 days of PTO for a full calendar year annually, with an increase to 25 days after five years of service.
Company
Red Ventures
A portfolio of influential brands, digital platforms, and strategic partnerships that help people make life's most important decisions.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
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Co-Founder & CEO
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