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Kalepa

Staff Platform Engineer - Infrastructure

Kalepa · NYC (Hybrid)

Posted 13 days ago · $240k – $300k

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
13 days
Kalepa's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
100% of Kalepa's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Kalepa
high
17 stale, 0 reposted of 25 open
Hiring momentum
30 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Kalepa's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Kalepa.

About this role

As a Staff Platform Engineer at Kalepa, you will work on the infrastructure and tooling that support the core platform, focusing on maintaining CI/CD pipelines, automating operational workflows, and ensuring security and compliance. Your role involves improving infrastructure performance, monitoring system costs, and collaborating with various engineering teams to standardize environments. You will also maintain observability and incident response processes while contributing to scalable cloud-based systems.

Our read on this posting4.4out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Kalepa as an employer.

What you need

  • 8+ years of software engineering or DevOps experience, ideally with a focus on infrastructure, performance, security, or compliance
  • Strong fundamentals in system design, debugging, and problem-solving
  • Proficiency in Python or a strong object-oriented programming background
  • Experience with serverless technologies (Lambda, EC2)
  • Knowledge of relational databases and performance tuning, ideally PostgreSQL
  • Familiarity with terraform, IaaC best practices, Docker or similar tools

Nice to have

  • Experience with LLMs/generative AI
  • Experience with distributed systems

What you get

  • Competitive salary based on experience
  • Significant equity options package
  • 20 days of PTO a year
  • Global team offsites (2024 - Lisbon, 2025 - Cartagena)
  • 100% covered medical, vision, and dental for individuals and families
  • Healthy living/gym stipend

Worth weighing

  • Salary range is broad and varies based on experience and location
  • The role requires a high level of ownership and self-direction, which may not suit everyone
  • The company culture emphasizes experimentation and rapid iteration, which may be challenging for those used to more structured environments

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Listed by Kalepa on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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