Platform Engineer
@ Top Hat

Hybrid
CA$120,000
Hybrid
Full Time
Posted 23 days ago

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About the Platform Engineer Role

At Top Hat, we are looking for an engineer experienced with DevOps practices to join our Core Platform team. As a Platform Engineer, you will improve our software delivery performance and availability by driving DevOps culture, tools, and practices across the engineering department. This role offers a great mentorship opportunity to guide new and junior engineers.

You Will

  • Scale continuous deployment practices across the engineering department.
  • Equip teams to ship software reliably and frequently with reusable patterns.
  • Extend reusable service templates and CI/CD tooling.
  • Mature our cloud infrastructure and platform as the business grows.
  • Build and extend production observability to help teams manage SLOs.
  • Accelerate decomposition of our monolith into product-team owned services.
  • Build and operate platform-level shared services like automation and monitoring.
  • Mentor and support platform team members and junior developers.
  • Coach product teams on operational ownership and incident root cause analysis.
  • Participate in team on-call practices and support rotations.

You Are

  • An advocate for DevOps practices with a strong execution track record.
  • Experienced with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Terraform) and networking.
  • Skilled in CI/CD tooling (Github Actions) and managing multi-stage pipelines.
  • Hands-on with configuration automation, Docker, and observability (Honeycomb).
  • Proficient in at least one programming language, preferably Python.
  • A collaborative team player able to manage independent projects.

Why Team Members Love Working At Top Hat

  • A noble mission creating meaningful work.
  • A supportive team that cares for customers and each other.
  • Flexible, remote-first work environment with Toronto HQ support.
  • Professional learning and development opportunities.
  • Competitive health benefits from day one and innovative PTO policy.
  • A chance to work with emerging tech like generative AI.

Key skills/competency

  • DevOps
  • AWS
  • Terraform
  • CI/CD
  • Python
  • Docker
  • Cloud
  • Automation
  • Monitoring
  • Observability
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How to Get Hired at Top Hat

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Customize your resume: Emphasize DevOps and cloud experience.
  • Highlight achievements: Detail CI/CD and automation results.
  • Research Top Hat: Understand their mission and values.
  • Practice technical demos: Show proficiency in AWS and Terraform.
  • Prepare for mentorship: Share past coaching experiences.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review AWS and Terraform documentation.
Practice building Github Actions pipelines.
Set up Docker containers for projects.
Learn Honeycomb observability tools usage.

Behavioral Questions

Describe a challenging team project.
Explain how you handle constructive feedback.
Share an example of mentoring a peer.
Discuss managing independent work efficiently.

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