Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Platform engineering roles have become a defining layer in modern SaaS, where product teams depend on reliable, repeatable delivery paths rather than bespoke infrastructure work. This Senior Platform Engineer position centers on building an internal, self service platform that standardizes how production systems are built and deployed, a signal that the organization is investing in platform maturity and developer experience. The emphasis on deterministic automation and reliability aligns with the operational demands of SaaS products that ship continuously and must remain available.
For a long term SaaS career, this kind of remit compounds quickly. It builds fluency in the interfaces between application engineering and infrastructure, including Kubernetes based operations, Infrastructure as Code patterns, and pragmatic standards that enable multiple teams to move consistently. Experience collaborating with Infrastructure and Developer Productivity functions also maps well to platform org structures common across SaaS companies, making the skills portable across domains and product types.
This role tends to suit engineers who enjoy systems thinking, reducing ambiguity into workable abstractions, and treating internal teams as customers. It is a strong match for someone comfortable balancing enablement work with operational responsibility, including participating in on call and incident remediation when platform services need support.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:
- Design and implement an internal platform for engineers to build and deploy production grade systems in a self-service manner
- Establish standards and build deterministic automation while optimizing for user accessibility and system reliability
- Collaborate with Infrastructure and Developer Productivity teams to deliver capabilities that delight our internal users
- Participate in an on call rotation to support the deployment of supported platform services and the management of the underlying infrastructure
Here’s what we're looking for:
- 5+ years experience with modern programming languages, ideally Golang, Ruby, and/or TypeScript
- 3+ years of experience w/ Kubernetes, ideally using Crossplane to manage Infrastructure as Code
- Strong work ethic and self starter who finds a way to operate effectively amidst ambiguity
- Systems Thinking approach to complex systems who seeks to identify small changes that can create big impact.
- Resilient problem solver capable of prioritizing the work necessary to serve our peers as well as the entire Gusto customer base
- Effective communicator that can simplify complex topics and communicate persuasive ideas
Potentially Relevant Experience:
- Experience designing elegant but simple systems that optimize for engineering user experience, reliability, and security
- Experience with cloud platforms like AWS (preferred), GCP, or Azure and correlated IaaS management tools such Terraform
- Experience leading incident remediation for complex systems
Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $163,000-$204,000 /yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $197,000-$247,000 /yr for San Francisco, Seattle & New York. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.