What are the responsibilities and job description for the Platform Engineer (Remote - in certain states) position at Bold Penguin?
Brief Description
YOUR ROLE
As a Platform Engineer, you will help build and automate foundational services and workflows that support our engineering team and multiple other teams across the organization. You'll create automated data pipelines, streamline internal workflows, and collaborate with peers to continuously improve our automated processes so teams can move faster.
What You'll Do
YOUR LOCATION
This is a fully remote role, with the exception of onboarding and optional in-office events. Candidates must reside in one of the states listed in the application questionnaire and/or below.
States in which we hire: Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio
Skills & Experience
Bold Penguin is a leading integrated digital solution platform dedicated to simplifying small commercial insurance. Our technology makes the quote and bind process quick, effortless, and profitable for all parties - agents, brokers, and carriers. Bold Penguin’s innovative product suite has digitized and transformed a slow, manual process resulting in reduced costs, increased efficiency, and better overall outcomes. For more information, please visit www.boldpenguin.com.
Or, simply put…. We simplify commercial insurance.
Benefits
We offer competitive compensation and progressive benefits that include:
Penguin bling. Like swag themed after a certain Antarctic bird? Just. You. Wait.
Bold Penguin believes in inclusion. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. To learn more about our results-focused culture and employee-focused perks, read more on our careers page.
YOUR ROLE
As a Platform Engineer, you will help build and automate foundational services and workflows that support our engineering team and multiple other teams across the organization. You'll create automated data pipelines, streamline internal workflows, and collaborate with peers to continuously improve our automated processes so teams can move faster.
What You'll Do
- Contribute to the automation of manual tasks and managing large-scale infrastructure across cloud environments
- Support the automation of CI/CD processes to improve release speed, safety, and reliability
- Apply security and compliance best practices within platform workflows and data processes
- Help implement monitoring and observability for automated workflows and pipelines
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand needs and build workflow automations
- Research and propose tools and approaches that improve platform capabilities
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned
YOUR LOCATION
This is a fully remote role, with the exception of onboarding and optional in-office events. Candidates must reside in one of the states listed in the application questionnaire and/or below.
States in which we hire: Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio
Skills & Experience
- 3–5 years of relevant engineering experience.
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms, particularly AWS, with hands-on experience building cloud-based environments and managing container orchestration
- Experience with AWS CDK and infrastructure as code practices
- Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS)
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions preferred)
- Understanding of security, compliance, and governance best practices
- Familiarity with monitoring and observability concepts and tools
- Nice to have: familiarity with SQL and data modeling tools (such as dbt)
- Must be able to sit/stand/walk for prolonged periods of time, (up to 8 hours per day) at a desk working on a computer.
- Must be able to use standard office equipment for extended periods of time, including but not limited to, a mouse, keyboard, phone and video conferencing.
Bold Penguin is a leading integrated digital solution platform dedicated to simplifying small commercial insurance. Our technology makes the quote and bind process quick, effortless, and profitable for all parties - agents, brokers, and carriers. Bold Penguin’s innovative product suite has digitized and transformed a slow, manual process resulting in reduced costs, increased efficiency, and better overall outcomes. For more information, please visit www.boldpenguin.com.
Or, simply put…. We simplify commercial insurance.
Benefits
We offer competitive compensation and progressive benefits that include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Flexible PTO Policy
- 401(k) with a company match
- Employee Assistance Program
- Parental Leave
- Disability and Life Benefits
Penguin bling. Like swag themed after a certain Antarctic bird? Just. You. Wait.
Bold Penguin believes in inclusion. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. To learn more about our results-focused culture and employee-focused perks, read more on our careers page.