Platform Engineer

Description

We are seeking an early-career Platform Engineer to join our Internal Developer Platform team. The team provides self-service developer tooling and shared cloud services for engineering teams. This remote role is ideal for a recent graduate with strong software fundamentals and interest in cloud systems, automation, and internal platform tooling.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to internal platform tooling and shared cloud services used by engineering teams.
• Support day-to-day operation of shared infrastructure and services, including KTLO work and issue follow-up.
• Build automations that reduce friction for application development teams.
• Create and maintain CI/CD workflows and Terraform-based infrastructure using established team patterns.
• Develop basic internal APIs, services, and tooling in Python or Go.
• Participate in a limited team on-call rotation with clear escalation paths and second-tier support.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Proficiency in at least one of Python or Go.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and basic service-development concepts.
• Foundational understanding of cloud computing and distributed systems concepts.
• Demonstrated ability to build meaningful software, tools, or automation through internships, research, projects, or open-source work.
• Awareness of security fundamentals and a secure-by-default mindset.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or current/recent graduate study in a related technical field.
• Internship experience in platform engineering, SRE, backend engineering, cloud infrastructure, or developer tools.
• Exposure to AWS, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, Kubernetes, or EKS.

Why You’ll Love Working at Exiger

• High-performance culture rooted in accountability, collaboration, and a shared commitment to excellence.
• Discretionary Time Off for all employees, with no maximum limits on time off
• Industry leading health, vision, and dental benefits
• Competitive compensation package
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Flexible, hybrid approach to working from home and in the office where applicable
• Purposeful career development programs with reimbursement provided for educational certifications