Platform Engineer – AI Systems & Internal Tooling | Remote
Role summary
This is a remote, contract position for a Platform Engineer specializing in AI Systems & Internal Tooling. The role involves approximately 20 hours per week, focusing on improving CI/CD performance, reliability, and observability. Key responsibilities include building autoscaling runners, implementing alerting, enhancing CLI tools, managing SaaS tools, and developing infrastructure-as-code solutions using Pulumi. The engineer will also manage identity and access management systems like SSO and SCIM, standardize infrastructure stacks, and implement safety guardrails for deployments. Strong proficiency in Python and experience with backend systems, infrastructure, or developer tooling are required. Familiarity with CI/CD, CLI tools, SaaS/IT systems, and IaC tools like Pulumi or Terraform is preferred. The role requires independent work and strong systems thinking.
Position:
Software Engineers
Type:
Contract
Compensation:
$180/hr
Commitment:
~20 hours per week
Role Responsibilities
- Improve CI performance, reliability, and observability
- Build runner autoscaling and system hardening
- Implement alerting and notification systems
- Increase visibility into CI pipelines and failures
- Enhance CLI usability and discoverability
- Build telemetry, observability, and performance improvements for CLI tools
- Improve SDK/shared library ergonomics (stable APIs, versioning, templates)
- Develop tooling insights (e.g., usage visibility)
- Manage and optimise SaaS tools and configurations
- Build systems for procurement intake and vendor inventory
- Implement and maintain Google Workspace administration
- Implement and maintain SAML-based SSO
- Implement and maintain SCIM provisioning with RBAC controls
- Build reusable Pulumi modules and service templates
- Standardise baseline infrastructure stacks (logging, monitoring, tagging, budgets)
- Reduce drift and copy-paste infra patterns
- Add safety checks and guardrails for faster, safer deployments
- Collaborate with engineering teams to build scalable systems and improve developer workflows
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in Python
- Experience with backend systems, infrastructure, or developer tooling
- Familiarity with CI/CD systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, Buildkite, etc.)
- Familiarity with CLI tooling and developer platforms
- Familiarity with SaaS/IT systems (SSO, identity, provisioning)
- Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code (Pulumi, Terraform, etc.)
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
- Strong problem-solving and systems thinking
- Availability for ~20 hours per week
- Must be available for 2 × 45-minute syncs weekly during PST work hours (Monday & Thursday)
Application Process (Takes 20 Mins)
- Upload resume
- Interview (15 min)
- Submit form
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