Platform Engineer (GCP)

Platform Engineer (Infrastructure)

Role Overview

We are looking for a hands-on Platform Engineer (Infrastructure-focused) to strengthen and scale its cloud infrastructure as the company continues expanding globally.

This is a high-impact individual contributor role working alongside a Staff-level Platform Engineer. The goal is to reinforce infrastructure redundancy, improve reliability, and prepare the platform for future scalability — including potential cloud integration initiatives.

You will play a critical role in stabilizing and evolving a production environment that supports global agricultural simulations and climate impact modeling.

This is an opportunity to:

• Own infrastructure reliability in a mission-driven company
• Operate in a lean, high-ownership environment
• Contribute to long-term architectural evolution

What Youll Do

Infrastructure Reliability & Stability (~75%)

• Maintain and optimize cloud infrastructure (GCP-first environment)
• Strengthen Kubernetes clusters and Terraform-managed systems
• Support a low-SLA (24-hour) production environment through rotational on-call
• Improve observability, redundancy, and operational robustness

Platform Evolution & Developer Enablement (~25%)

• Enhance CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
• Improve developer experience and internal tooling
• Collaborate with Engineering and Science teams to support platform needs
• Partner with Operations on security and compliance initiatives
• Contribute to infrastructure integration projects (including potential AWS-to-GCP harmonization)

Technical Environment

Cloud Infrastructure

• GCP (Primary)
• Minor legacy AWS footprint
• Potential AWS-to-GCP integration in the future

Core Technologies

• Kubernetes
• Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• CI/CD pipelines
• Python (primary company language)
• Kafka
• BigQuery

Ideal Profile

Were looking for someone who:

• Thinks infrastructure-first and reliability-first
• Has strong hands-on experience with GCP (or deep cloud experience transferable to GCP)
• Is comfortable working with Terraform and Kubernetes in production
• Understands CI/CD and modern DevOps practices
• Thrives in lean teams with room to grow in ownership

Nice to have:

• Experience with cloud migration or integration projects
• Exposure to data-intensive systems

Why This Role Matters

Youll be working on systems that help:

• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Enable regenerative agriculture at scale
• Support global food system sustainability

If youre looking for infrastructure work with real-world climate impact — this is it.