Founding Staff Platform Engineer, Clutch

• We're looking for someone who enjoys solving organization-wide engineering problems, thinks in systems rather than individual services, and wants to create leverage for dozens of engineers rather than shipping features for one product team
• 8+ years building cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, DevOps, or developer tooling at scale
• Experience operating as a Staff Engineer, Technical Lead, or senior individual contributor driving technical strategy across multiple teams
• Deep experience with AWS, Terraform, Docker, and modern CI/CD platforms
• Strong software engineering mindset with experience building tooling in Python, Go, JavaScript, or similar languages
• Experience designing scalable developer platforms, deployment systems, or engineering enablement tooling
• Proven ability to identify organization-wide technical problems and build long-term solutions rather than short-term fixes
• Excellent written communication and documentation skills with the ability to influence engineers and technical leadership
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving startup environment with significant ownership and ambiguity

Desirable

• Platform Engineering is becoming a strategic investment at Clutch, and we're looking for our first dedicated Staff Platform Engineer to help define what that looks like
• This isn't about maintaining infrastructure, it's about building the internal platform that enables every engineer at Clutch to move faster, ship safer, and operate at scale
• You'll partner closely with engineering leadership to define our platform strategy, establish engineering standards, and build the self-service tooling, infrastructure, and developer workflows that become the foundation for how engineering operates. From CI/CD and cloud infrastructure to developer experience, observability, and internal tooling, you'll own the technical direction of the platform and have the autonomy to build it the right way
• This is a rare opportunity to build Platform Engineering from the ground up, defining the strategy, establishing the function, and growing the team as Clutch continues to scale
• Define and execute Clutch's Platform Engineering strategy
• Build and evolve our Internal Developer Platform to improve developer productivity through self-service tooling
• Own the architecture and evolution of our CI/CD platform and deployment workflows
• Design and scale cloud infrastructure using AWS, Terraform, and GitHub Actions
• Improve developer velocity through automation, platform tooling, and infrastructure improvements
• Define platform standards and reusable infrastructure patterns that improve reliability, observability, security, and operational excellence across the organization