Senior Platform Engineer, Archer
$144-175k
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Office located in San Jose, CA
Electric air taxis
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Electric air taxis
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$144-175k
More information about location
Office located in San Jose, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock the skies, freeing everyone to reimagine how they move and spend time.
Role
Who you are
- This position is ideal for an experienced engineer who thrives on creating leverage for others and tackling complex, interdisciplinary challenges
- 5+ years of professional experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or a related discipline
- Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform strongly preferred)
- Expertise in containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker and Kubernetes)
- Proficiency in scripting and general-purpose programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, Bash)
- Extensive experience designing and managing CI/CD systems at scale
- Proven track record of building internal developer platforms or self-service tools
Desirable
- Experience with AI/ML infrastructure, MLOps tooling, or data pipeline technologies (e.g., Airflow, Kubeflow, Vertex AI, SageMaker)
- Prior experience building conversational interfaces, bots, or workflow automation tools for platforms like Slack or Teams
- Familiarity with distributed tracing, logging, and monitoring systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Datadog)
- Experience with security best practices in a cloud environment (IAM, network security, secrets management)
What the job involves
- We are looking for a highly motivated and versatile Senior Platform Engineer to join our platform engineering team. This unique role is central to accelerating our product development lifecycle and operational efficiency
- You will be instrumental in bridging the gap between development, infrastructure, and our burgeoning AI/ML initiatives, focusing on automation, self-service infrastructure, and workflow optimization
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable CI/CD pipelines (e.g., using GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Spinnaker) to ensure rapid and safe deployments across multiple environments
- Drive the adoption of best practices for build management, testing automation, and deployment strategies (Canary, Blue/Green, etc.)
- Minimize deployment friction and cycle time for all engineering teams
- Develop and champion self-service tooling and internal platforms (leveraging tools like Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, or equivalent cloud provider APIs) that empower development teams to provision and manage their own infrastructure resources securely and efficiently
- Establish guardrails and policy-as-code to ensure compliance, cost efficiency, and security across all provisioned infrastructure
- Collaborate closely with AI/ML Engineers to improve the underlying platform used for model training, experimentation, and serving
- Focus on the operationalization of MLOps pipelines, including data lineage tracking, feature store integration, and production model deployment automation
- Assist in optimizing resource allocation (e.g., GPU usage, specialized hardware) for AI workloads
- Architect and build automated workflows and bots, primarily within communication tools like Slack or Zoom, to streamline common engineering tasks (e.g., on-call handoffs, incident response, environment status checks, approval processes)
- Develop internal APIs and services that connect disparate engineering systems to enhance communication and cross-functional transparency
Our take
With traffic, noise, and emissions becoming major challenges for urban life, Archer is building electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircrafts, led by its flagship model, Midnight, offering a cleaner, quieter alternative to traditional short-haul travel. The idea is simple: replace long car rides with quick, sustainable fluights that lift off vertically, fly over the gridlock, and help reduce urban pollution. It's a bold shift in transportation, but one that could meaningfully change how we navigate cities in the years ahead.
Midnight is designed to make these short flights practical, safe, and efficient. Its electric powertrain significantly reduce noise and emissions compared to helicopters (one of the biggest barriers to adopting urban air mobility at scale). However, eVTOLs face hurdles before becoming an everyday reality, including regulatory approvals, infrastructure build-out, and the operational testing needed to prove long-term safety and reliability. Archer is addressing these challenges with major manufacturing investment, deep engineering partnerships, and ongoing flight testing in the US and abroad.
Even with these barriers, Archer has been moving from success to success. The company is set to be the official air taxi provider for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles. And its recent acquisition of Hawthorne Airport in LA will serve as both a launch site and an innovation hub for next-generation, AI-powered aviation operations. On the commercial side, Archer's partnerships with United Airlines and its growing international presence signal strong industry confidence. COmbines with newly expanded funding and successful long-range flight tests, Archer sure is a promising player in eVTOl aviation.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2020
$55.7m
SERIES A
Total funding: $55.7m
Company HQ
Tasman and Zanker, San Jose, CA
Leadership
Adam Goldstein
(Founder & CEO)Began their career in Financial Services, before co-founding Vettery, a talent marketplace, in 2012. Founded Archer in 2018.
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