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Senior Platform Engineer

Focused
Location
Denver, Colorado, United States
Posted
1 month ago
Department
Engineering
Salary
$130,000 - $180,000
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 3+ years of Platform Engineering or DevOps experience
  • Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, CDK)
  • Strong experience with CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD)
  • Hands-on experience with major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their observability services
  • Experience with container technologies (Docker, Podman) and container registries
  • Experience implementing SRE practices including error budgets and toil metrics
Nice to have
  • Understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs) and their application in DevOps
  • Knowledge of vector databases, embeddings, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
  • Experience with AI/ML model deployment and monitoring in production environments
  • Strong technical writing and documentation skills
  • Ability to present complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders
What the job really is

The Senior Platform Engineer at Focused will be responsible for implementing and optimizing infrastructure solutions, including managing Kubernetes clusters and building CI/CD pipelines. The role also involves establishing SRE practices, deploying observability infrastructure across major cloud platforms, and automating processes within CI/CD pipelines. Candidates will work closely with clients to enhance their infrastructure and ensure system reliability.

Things to weigh
  • Role requires being in the Denver office three days per week and up to 20% travel within the United States.
  • Focused is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of the employment Visa process at this time.
  • Base salary range for this role is $130,000 - $180,000.
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