Staff Platform Engineer, Articulate

• 10+ years experience implementing, configuring and optimizing Kubernetes, Docker, and other AWS services
• 10+ years experience implementing, configuring and optimizing Terraform or other IaC technologies
• 10+ years experience developing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines using Gitlab, Helm or similar technologies
• 8+ years experience working with teams to align to a common platform and components that are used across the entire organization
• 8+ years experience building highly reliable and tolerant infrastructure in AWS to support SaaS applications
• 8+ years experience identifying, building, and optimizing developer tools to enable product engineering teams to be as efficient and productive as possible
• Experience working in an on-call rotation and working with the team to optimize its effectiveness and efficiency
• Direct experience defining SLOs, SLIs, and SLAs along with developing dashboards to track and measure these metrics over time
• Demonstrated experience leading and delivering large complex projects incrementally with a high degree of quality
• Demonstrated expert experience developing in Python, Go, and/or other similar languages used by Platform/Devops teams
• Hands-on experience developing, utilizing, and/or testing APIs
• Extensive experience writing test plans and automating test cases
• Experience integrating AI/ML technologies into a platform is desirable
• Confidence in making decisions involving high amounts of risk and uncertainty
• The ability to influence broad groups and build consensus
• A pragmatic approach that balances engineering needs with business needs

• Drive and own platform engineering best practices for the organization and be an example for others to follow when building systems and tooling for developers
• Architect and lead the implementation of complex systems and execution of projects across multiple engineering teams
• Be the technical leader of our platform, devops, and site reliability systems and grow them over time to be best in class for our internal and external customers
• Mentor team members of varying skills levels to up level them in coding techniques, code review best practices and development processes
• Contribute and lead our need to effectively document our systems architecture and design, processes, and procedures
• Provide expert level solutioning and guidance to the team by breaking down complex problems into small units of work that can be delivered incrementally over time
• Be an advocate and leader in iterative development techniques while being an advocate for obtaining early feedback from stakeholders and driving confidence and innovation through the use of PoCs
• Participate in and lead our onboarding of engineers to our on-call rotation; contribute and lead incident reviews
• Architect, develop and perform the necessary testing required to maintain our quality standards with a focus on automation
• Able to consistently execute technical project work against the expected milestones
• Drive alignment across engineering to ensure platform engineering is delivering to the desired outcomes for the business
• Has an innate desire to learn and excel while helping to drive clarity in areas of unknowns
• Is a nimble learner whereby they view mistakes as opportunities to learn, enjoy the challenge of unfamiliar tasks, and seek new approaches to solve problems
• Is a collaborator whereby they facilitate an open dialogue with a wide variety of contributors and stakeholders, balance own interests with others’ and promote high visibility of shared contributions to goals

• Student debt repayment - Get up to $2,400 annually ($200/month) in student loan repayments
• Flexible PTO
• Fully remote (we'll help set up your home office with awesome equipment and technology)
• We offer $100 a month toward well-being
• We offer Fortune 500-level medical, dental, and vision coverage for our employees and their dependents
• We offer a baby bonding benefit of up to 17 weeks paid leave to primary and non-primary caregivers
• We offer all employees up to $3,000 tax-free annually for child care assistance
• Tuition reimbursement - Continue your education in any subject you want. We provide up to $5,250/year for classes at a code school or accredited college
• Transgender benefit - We offer medical coverage for gender-affirming surgery and supplemental procedures, along with paid leave for recovery
• We match up to $500 of employee donations each calendar year to nonprofit organizations
• We offer $4,000 annually to travel to seek legal abortion services
• Contribute to your choice of Fidelity 401k plans. Articulate will also contribute 3% of your salary to your 401k whether you decide to contribute or not
• Give your loved ones peace of mind. We provide life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability benefits to all employees
• We cover 100% of eleven therapy sessions and eleven therapeutic coaching sessions per year with a licensed therapist through the Modern Health platform for each employee and their dependents
• Health savings account (HSA) - We contribute $1000 for family and $500 for individuals annually to help cover co-pays and other medical expenses
• Get coaching in social, physical, financial, and mental well-being. We offer unlimited life-coaching sessions with certified coaches through the Wellness Coach platform
• We value our employees and the important milestones in their lives. We celebrate with cupcakes, Slack shoutouts, and virtual parties
• We support the growth and development of our employees through coaching, internal training, and skills training opportunities
• We offer our employees time off to volunteer in meaningful ways within their communities and beyond
• We offer service sabbaticals to support our employees in doing the work to advance human rights, civil rights, and environmental health
• Cash for Change - Our employee-guided corporate giving program supports organizations advancing human rights, civil rights, and environmental health

Total funding: $1.5bn

Articulate is a SaaS based training platform for SMBs and Enterprises, aiming to empower anyone – not just learning professionals – to deliver training to a business.