Staff Platform Engineer, HeartFlow
Compute Infrastructure
$185.8-250.9k
+ cash bonus and equity
Medical equipment manufacturing
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Medical equipment manufacturing
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$185.8-250.9k
+ cash bonus and equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To save lives, improve the patient experience and reduce the overall costs of care.
Role
Who you are
- If you're passionate about container orchestration, cloud-native technologies, and building highly reliable, scalable systems, this is the perfect opportunity for you!
- 8+ years of experience in Infrastructure Engineering roles
- 5+ years of hands-on, production-level experience designing, deploying, and managing Kubernetes clusters using EKS at scale
- Deep understanding of the Kubernetes ecosystem, including core components, Networking, and Storage
- Proven expertise in implementing ephemeral environments for secure, cost-controlled, multi-tenant workloads
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, particularly Terraform
- Strong experience with AWS
- Solid experience implementing and managing cluster-level observability and analytics
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex performance and stability issues within a distributed system
Desirable
- Experience implementing Service Mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd)
- Familiarity with GitOps principles and tools (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux)
- Prior experience with setting up and maintaining managed databases within or connected to K8s
- Certifications such as CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) or CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer)
- Solid experience with monitoring and logging solutions (e.g., Datadog)
What the job involves
- We're looking for an experienced Kubernetes Engineer to join our team and lead the design, implementation, and scaling of our Kubernetes infrastructure from the ground up
- As our Compute Infrastructure Engineer, you'll be the primary expert responsible for our entire Kubernetes ecosystem
- Architect and implement a robust, highly available, and secure Kubernetes cluster from scratch, considering best practices for networking, storage, and security
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform and configuration management like Helm to automate cluster provisioning, configuration, and maintenance
- Own the day-to-day management, monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization of the cluster(s) across different environments (Dev, Staging, Prod)
- Implement strategies for horizontal and vertical scaling of the cluster components and hosted applications to handle varying loads and ensure optimal performance
- Architect and implement on-demand ephemeral environments for Dev/QA, ensuring efficient resource consumption and multi-tenant isolation
- Enforce security policies, manage RBAC, implement network policies, and ensure compliance with industry standards
- Continuously analyze cluster resource utilization, identify areas for cost savings, and implement strategies to reduce cloud expenditure while maintaining performance
Our take
HeartFlow was founded in 2007 and is a medical equipment manufacturer that uses CT-scanned 3D modelling to assess and analyze a patient's arteries. This noninvasive process can help assess the risks of heart disease and strategize the appropriate treatment.
HeartFlow has had a long history of awards and innovations. In 2021, it brought its technology to the NHS in England and in October 2022, introduced a plaque analysis service. As time has gone on, Heartflow has indicated that it is keeping up with technological advances and finding new ways to provide heart health services through them.
HeartFlow successfully launched its IPO in 2021 but faced a setback when its merger with Longview Acquisitions was called off in 2022 due to unfavourable market conditions. Despite this, the company has made a strong comeback and recently unveiled its next-generation plaque analysis AI, demonstrating its continued commitment to innovation and growth.
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Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Mar 2025
$98m
CONVERTIBLE
Apr 2023
$215m
SERIES F
Total funding: $980.6m
Company benefits
- Medical, Dental, Health (90% of premium paid by HeartFlow)
- Stock options to all employees
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Lounge featuring collaboration space, pinball, foosball, and ping pong
- Free snacks and drinks and subsidized health food
- Friday run/walk program - get fit, socialize and earn rewards
- Events throughout the year: Ironman competition, blood drive, sports league play (kickball, beach volleyball, etc), waffle bar, BBQs, biometrics assessment, and more!
Company HQ
Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
Leadership
John Farquhar
(CEO)Joined HeartFlow in 2021 as the President and Chief Operating Officer and became the CEO in 2022. Prior to this, they were the VP and General Manager at Medtronic. They also spent 5 years as a Professional Football Player in the NFL.
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