Senior Platform Engineer

1 day ago

Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area, Canada Optimal Full time

Senior Platform Engineer | GCP | CI/CD | DevOps |

Salary:
CA$150K–CA$180K

Equity:
Competitive

Location:
3/4 days per week in Vancouver CA (Hybrid) - You must live local or happy to relocate

Visa Sponsorship:
Not available

Tech stack:
GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Go, Python, Java, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Observability
(All Required)

Optimal have partnered with a company doing going things and undergoing a substantial period of growth

Are you ready to shape the backbone of a high-growth AI-driven platform?

Our client is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer who thrives on building reliable, scalable, and secure systems that empower world-class development teams to move faster.

This is your chance to take ownership of platform architecture, drive cloud infrastructure decisions, and mentor engineers - all while working with cutting-edge technologies and solving real scale challenges.

What you'll be doing

  • Architect scalable, high-availability platform infrastructure across GCP
  • Design distributed systems capable of handling complex workloads
  • Own Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Pulumi
  • Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines for fast, safe, automated deployments
  • Improve developer productivity through tooling, testing, and automation
  • Champion observability, monitoring, and incident response best practices
  • Collaborate cross-functionally and mentor mid-level engineers

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or SRE (2+ in senior or lead roles)
  • Strong background in systems design and distributed architectures
  • Deep hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Skilled with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and modern CI/CD tools
  • Solid programming experience in Go, Python, or Java
  • Confident communicator and mentor with a pragmatic, problem-solving mindset

Really Nice to have

  • Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or service mesh
  • Familiarity with event-driven systems and data workflows
  • Experience leading infrastructure initiatives or mentoring teams

Why join

Join a fast-growing team revolutionising how AI powers business operations.

You'll influence major architectural decisions, shape internal engineering culture, and see your work directly impact performance at scale.

If you love architecting systems that scale and empowering engineers to move fast, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and help build the future of high-velocity software development.

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