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Staff Platform Engineer

Robots and Pencils · Austin, TX

Posted about 2 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
69 days
Robots and Pencils's roles stay open a median of 72 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
25% of Robots and Pencils's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Robots and Pencils
high
27 stale, 5 reposted of 28 open
Hiring momentum
63 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-22

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About this role

The Staff Platform Engineer at Robots & Pencils will define and lead the platform engineering strategy for complex cloud systems, focusing on infrastructure architecture, DevSecOps practices, and technical leadership. The role involves mentoring engineers, driving platform reliability and performance, and leading cloud migrations and modernization initiatives. The engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to align platform strategy with business goals and communicate technical decisions to various stakeholders.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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 Robots and Pencils as an employer.

What you need

  • 7+ years of professional DevOps or platform engineering experience
  • Expert scripting and programming skills (e.g., Python, Go, Java, Bash)
  • Deep cloud expertise across at least one major platform
  • Expert Kubernetes and container orchestration skills
  • Expert IaC skills across multiple tools
  • Strong CI/CD architecture experience at scale

Nice to have

  • Cloud certifications (e.g., AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, CKA, Azure DevOps Engineer)
  • FinOps experience
  • Designing and provision HPC cluster infrastructure using CI/CD pipeline across AWS, CoreWeave, GCP, and OCI
  • Experience with HPC job schedulers and workload managers such as Slurm or equivalent for job submission and queue management

What you get

  • Paid time off
  • Medical/dental/vision insurance
  • 401(k)

Worth weighing

  • Remote role based in the US
  • Salary range provided but may be modified in the future
  • No specific mention of a team size or structure
  • Focus on AI systems may require continuous learning and adaptation to new technologies

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Listed by Robots and Pencils on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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