Platform Infrastructure Engineer

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In November 2023, CoinDesk was acquired by the Bullish group, owner of Bullish, a regulated, digital assets exchange. For more information on Bullish, please visit https://bullish.com . CoinDesk operates as an independent subsidiary with an editorial committee to protect journalistic independence.

Reports to:

Lead Engineer, Platform Engineering

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Platform Infrastructure Engineer to help build, run, and scale the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) foundation powering our high-performance trading exchange. In this role, you’ll work directly alongside senior engineers to design automated infrastructure, manage production Cloud, Kubernetes environments, and deliver developer-friendly tooling.

This is an exceptional growth opportunity for an engineer who wants to master cloud-native infrastructure at scale, deepen their expertise in low-latency systems, and accelerate their career in the digital assets industry.

What You’ll Do:

• Execute Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Write, test, and deploy modular Terraform code to provision safe, repeatable cloud environments on GCP and other cloud providers.
• Support Production Kubernetes: Maintain and optimize Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters, supporting containerized services with focus on uptime, networking, and scaling.
• Integrate and utilize AI-powered tools to enhance platform operations: Apply LLM-based coding assistants to accelerate infrastructure provisioning and debugging. As well as managing and improving the AI platform used by all teams. 
• Enhance CI/CD & Developer Experience: Collaborate with application development teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines and accelerate code deployments to production.
• Troubleshoot & Respond: Participate in incident response, dig into root causes alongside senior team members, and build long-term fixes to prevent recurrence.
• Optimize Cloud Resources & Cost Efficiency: Balance cloud spend with high performance, scaling efficiency, and strict security standards.
• Drive Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with development, operations, and security teams to define robust cloud architecture and champion industry best practices.
• Expand Developer Self-Service (Backstage IDP): Build and enhance our Backstage internal developer portal to streamline workflows and boost productivity across all engineering teams.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Proven expertise in designing and managing cloud environments, including compute, storage, networking, and security components.
• Solid working knowledge of containers and orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker, etc.) in production or staging environments.
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar.
• Understanding of continuous integration/deployment platforms (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD).
• Understanding of networking fundamentals (VPCs, DNS, load balancers, firewalls).
• Eagerness to learn, strong problem-solving skills, and a disciplined approach to reliability and security.
• Effective communicator who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced team environment.

Preferred:

• Applicable cloud certifications, such as Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
• Ability to automate tasks using Python, Bash, or Go.
• Exposure to financial technology, crypto systems, or high-volume web platforms.

Bullish US LLC & CoinDesk Inc. are committed to offering competitive compensation and benefits. The anticipated base salary for this position is $150,000 - $185,000 + discretionary annual target bonus + performance incentives/benefits. The offered salary will be reflective of job-related knowledge, skills and commensurate experience.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

In an effort to attract, retain, develop and promote the most qualified individuals, CoinDesk is committed to treating all applicants and employees in a nondiscriminatory manner with respect to the terms and conditions of employment, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status/service, physical or mental disability, or any other classification protected by applicable law. This mandate governs all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, promotion, training, education, social and recreation programs, compensation, discipline, termination and access to benefits.

ACCOMMODATION

CoinDesk is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the application process, please send an e-mail to recruiting@coindesk.com and let us know the nature of your request.