Platform Engineer

YOUR ROLE

As a Platform Engineer, you will help build and automate foundational services and workflows that support our engineering team and multiple other teams across the organization. You'll streamline internal workflows, develop tooling to provision ephemeral environments within our CI/CD pipelines, create automated data pipelines, and collaborate with peers to continuously improve our automated processes so teams can move faster.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Contribute to the automation of manual tasks and managing large-scale infrastructure across cloud environments.
• Support the automation of software delivery processes to improve release speed, safety, and reliability.
• Apply security and compliance best practices within platform workflows and data processes.
• Help implement monitoring and observability for automated workflows and pipelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand needs and build workflow automations.
• Research and propose tools and approaches that improve platform capabilities.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

YOUR LOCATION

This is a fully remote role, with the exception of onboarding and optional in-office events.

Skills & Experience

• 3-5 years of relevant engineering experience.
• Strong software engineering background (Python or Ruby preferred), with experience developing, containerizing, and debugging applications within distributed, cloud-native architectures.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms, particularly AWS, with hands-on experience building cloud-based environments and managing container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS).
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions).
• Experience building and maintaining large-scale Infrastructure as Code deployments (AWS CDK, Terraform).
• Experience with monitoring and observability concepts and tools (DataDog, Grafana).
• Understanding of security, compliance, and governance best practices.

Nice to have:

• Experience with database technologies (SQL, PostgreSQL, AWS RDS).
• Experience in data engineering (Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, AWS Glue, Snowflake).

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to sit/stand/walk for prolonged periods of time, (up to 8 hours per day) at a desk working on a computer.
• Must be able to use standard office equipment for extended periods of time, including but not limited to, a mouse, keyboard, phone and video conferencing.

Bold Penguin is the premier digital broker for commercial insurance. Their technology expands top-of-funnel demand and increases yield for enterprise partners. Through digital distribution, wholesale capabilities, and AI-driven insights, they transform the lifecycle of both simple and complex risks, from prospecting to placement.

Benefits

We offer competitive compensation and progressive benefits that include:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Flexible PTO Policy
• 401(k) with a company match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Parental Leave
• Disability and Life Benefits

Stay connected to the Glacier. We have great SLACK channels for work and play. We also like to video conference and hold all-hands "Waddles" regularly.

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Bold Penguin believes in inclusion. That's why we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. To learn more about our results-focused culture and employee-focused perks, read more on our careers page.