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Sr. Staff Platform Engineer

Hims & Hers· ENGINEERING
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RemoteFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior IC role responsible for setting technical direction for the platform and owning architecture for cross-org infrastructure initiatives, with hands-on execution and org-wide influence.

Responsibilities

  • Own group-critical platform initiatives: single-threaded ownership of multi-quarter, cross-org programs — service mesh adoption across independent clusters and business units, multi-region resilience strategy, and foundational platform initiatives.
  • Define architectural patterns, golden paths, and platform primitives that other engineers implement against (Istio mTLS/traffic policy, AI agent golden paths, MCP-backed service APIs).
  • Lead through hands-on technical excellence: debug production incidents at the mesh layer, harden migration tooling, resolve cross-team architectural conflicts.
  • Drive execution across organizational boundaries: coordinate multi-org rollouts, anticipate and resolve systemic blockers.
  • Own testing infrastructure strategy end-to-end: DRI for validation across environments and multi-service changes.
  • Mentor Staff and Senior engineers: raise technical bar through example and guidance.
  • Drive org-wide reduction of technical debt and cost: lead large-scale infrastructure consolidations and migrations end-to-end.
  • Establish metrics to prove platform investment works: adoption, incident trends, cost trajectory, developer sentiment.

Qualifications

  • 12+ years in Platform, Infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE roles with cross-team ownership
  • Deep production-proven expertise in Kubernetes/EKS, Istio service mesh (mTLS, traffic shaping, sidecar architecture, multi-cluster rollout) and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or similar) at scale
  • Track record leading complex, multi-quarter technical programs from architecture through execution with cost/risk analysis
  • Experience debugging production incidents in distributed systems (proxy/sidecar-layer failures, cross-service auth issues, config drift)
  • Proficiency in Go, Python, TypeScript, or Java with ability to code or delegate
  • Ability to influence without direct authority across engineering orgs
  • Experience mentoring Staff-level engineers and shaping broader system design approaches

Skills

Required:Kubernetes/EKSIstio service meshInfrastructure as Code (Terraform)
Nice to have:GoPythonTypeScriptJava

Benefits

  • Competitive salary & equity compensation
  • Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and quarterly mental health days
  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental & vision, and parental leave
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
  • 401k benefits with employer matching contribution
  • Offsite team retreats
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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