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Staff Platform Engineer
Location
Brazil
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$200K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Platform Engineer
Cross Border Talents
• Design and own the architecture of the company's platform infrastructure end-to-end • Build and maintain GraphQL gateways, API infrastructure, internal SDKs, and shared platform services • Manage Kubernetes environments across AWS and GCP, including networking, scaling, security, and upgrades • Develop production-grade backend services, automation tooling, shared libraries, and Infrastructure as Code using Pulumi • Modernize legacy systems through pragmatic refactoring and architectural improvements • Build observability, monitoring, incident response, and reliability systems across the platform • Implement security best practices covering zero-trust networking, secrets management, compliance, and auditability • Drive compliance initiatives across HIPAA, LGPD, ISO 27001, and other regulatory frameworks • Champion AI-assisted engineering workflows across platform operations, incident response, code review, and automation • Mentor engineers through technical leadership while remaining an active contributor
Job Requirements
- Proven experience designing and shipping large-scale production platform architectures
- Strong backend engineering background with deep systems design expertise
- Extensive hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
- Strong practical experience with AWS and GCP
- Proven ownership of infrastructure from design through long-term production operation
- Experience modernizing and scaling legacy distributed systems
- Strong knowledge of observability, monitoring, reliability engineering, and incident response
- Experience working within regulated environments such as HIPAA, LGPD, SOC2, GDPR, or ISO 27001
- Strong coding skills with a passion for building production systems rather than managing projects
- AI-first mindset with practical experience using AI tools to improve engineering productivity
- Experience operating in fast-paced startups or high-growth technology companies
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments with a strong bias toward shipping
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Fully remote work within Brazil
- Opportunity to define the platform architecture of a rapidly scaling HealthTech company
- Direct collaboration with founders and senior engineering leadership
- High ownership with significant technical influence
- Work on modern AI-native infrastructure supporting healthcare at scale
- Build the platform powering the next generation of AI-driven healthcare while owning architecture that scales from day one
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