Platform Engineer, Prove
+ Bonus Plan (for eligible roles) and Equity Plan
Identity verification platform
Open for applications
Identity verification platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
+ Bonus Plan (for eligible roles) and Equity Plan
201-500 employees
Company mission
To enable a digital world where every consumer and company can transact with trust.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking a talented and experienced Platform Engineer III to join our growing team
- This role requires a strong understanding of infrastructure technologies and a passion for creating reliable and efficient systems
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 4+ years of experience as a Platform Engineer or similar role
- 4+ years of experience with a general purpose programming language (Golang, Java, Python etc.) building applications and tools
- Experience with application debugging, performance optimization, code instrumentation and profiling
- Proficiency in Kubernetes and experience deploying and maintaining production applications in Kubernetes clusters. Solid understanding of K8s concepts, resource types, tooling, ingress controllers, autoscalers, etc
- Proven experience with cloud platforms, containerization technologies, GitOps tools like ArgoCD, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation tools like Terraform
- Experience with modern observability tools, especially Open Telemetry distributed traces
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- On-call experience a plus
- Promote, maintain and enhance our cultural values of humility, passion, inclusion, and leadership
- Strong passion for learning about our products and markets through in-house and external training
- Experience in high-growth /pre-IPO Technology companies
What the job involves
- Reports To: Senior Manager, Site Reliability
- You will be responsible for building, maintaining, and scaling our internal platforms powering our applications and services
- Additionally, you will be part of an on-call rotation, responsible for responding to and resolving critical platform incidents outside of regular business hours
- Platform Engineers will work directly with Product Engineering, leveraging cloud environments to create optimal solutions
- Design, develop, and implement platform solutions using technologies such as cloud platforms (AWS), containerization (Kubernetes), GitOps CD, CI pipelines, and infrastructure automation tools (Terraform)
- Platform Engineering not only guides developers but will also directly implement changes within core code bases to utilize new features of the platform
- Build and maintain robust monitoring systems to proactively identify and troubleshoot platform and application issues
- Instrument applications with OpenTelemetry distributed traces
- Ensure platform security and compliance with industry standards
- Have a product oriented approach to Platform Engineering by collaborating with development teams to understand their needs and design platform features that meet their requirements
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployments
- Participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing sessions
- Respond to production incidents during your designated on-call rotation, diagnose issues, and implement solutions to restore service
- Document platform architecture, processes, and procedures
- Continuously learn about new technologies and trends in the platform engineering space
Our take
Prove's identity-proving solutions allow businesses to enable their customers to prove their identities with just a phone. It is used by more than 1,000 global enterprises and 500 financial institutions, across multiple industries.
With more and more activity taking place online and via mobile devices, Prove offers companies speed and security while processing transactions. The identity verification space is buoyant, with many other companies providing services. But despite this competition, Prove has grown to be a leading and award-winning platform.
Prove's phone-centric tokenization and passive cryptographic solutions have had tremendous corporate momentum. The company has been named to Deloitte’s prestigious Technology Fast 500 list several times, and is well set to further its hold on the market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Oct 2023
$40m
LATE VC
Jun 2020
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $252.1m
Company benefits
- 401k Match
- Parental Leave Policy
- Stock Options
- Health benefits
- Wellbeing reimbursement
- Work From Home Opportunities
- Bonus Scheme
- Generous Vacation Time
Company values
- Humility
- Passion
- Inclusion
- Leadership
Company HQ
NoMad, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Rodger Desai
(CEO)Studied at Harvard Business School after working as an Engineer for Exxon Mobil, General Electric, and Accenture, as well as co-founding several venture-backed startups.
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