Senior Platform Engineer - Quality Assurance

Who We Are

At Perry Weather, we're at the forefront of providing innovative weather safety solutions. Thousands of users trust our fast-growing weather safety platform across various industries, including school districts, cities, universities, golf courses, professional sports, and more. Our cutting-edge software and connected hardware empower organizations to make rapid decisions when faced with weather disruptions, ensuring the safety of individuals and the smooth operation of activities/events.

The Opportunity

Were looking for a Senior Platform Engineer who will take ownership of our quality and security enablement initiatives across the engineering organization. This role is critical to scaling our ability to deliver fast, safe, and reliable software. You wont be responsible for performing QA on each feature instead, youll build the infrastructure, processes, and guardrails that empower every engineer on our team to evaluate and uphold the quality and security of their changes. In addition to leading this enablement effort, youll provide backup support to our Lead Platform Engineer, ensuring the stability and scalability of our Azure-based platform.

What You'll Own

• Quality & Security Enablement
• Design and implement automated testing frameworks, CI/CD gates, and secure-by-default infrastructure components.
• Define best practices for test coverage, automated checks, and secure development.
• Build tools, templates, and documentation that make it easy for engineers to write, run, and evaluate tests and security checks.
• Partner with senior engineers to integrate quality and security into the SDLC without slowing down velocity.
• Establish and monitor baseline metrics for platform quality and security.
• Platform Infrastructure Support
• Serve as backup to our current Infrastructure Engineer for managing and evolving our Azure-hosted infrastructure, including AKS, Azure SQL, Azure Service Bus, and other cloud services.
• Collaborate on improving CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions, including deployment workflows, secrets management, and environment configurations.
• Contribute to infrastructure-as-code (IaC) efforts to ensure reproducibility and scalability.
• On-Call & Incident Support
• Participate in our on-call rotation (up to 7 weeks/year), providing timely response and coordination during critical incidents.
  

Requirements

• 5 years of experience as a software or infrastructure engineer with a strong emphasis on test automation, DevSecOps, or platform reliability.
• Deep experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions preferred) and automated test infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of Azure infrastructure services, Kubernetes (AKS), and infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and scripting capabilities.
• Familiarity with security tools, SAST/DAST, dependency scanning, and policy-as-code concepts.
• A passion for creating systems that make it easier for others to build high-quality, secure software.
• Self-motivated, self-directed, and comfortable owning critical initiatives from design to delivery.
  
  

Benefits

• Casual work environment. Were located in the vibrant Dallas Oak Lawn neighborhood. As a note, our team is in office MF! Youll be working side-by-side with a tight-knit team of experienced engineers who take ownership and move fast.
• Comprehensive benefits. We offer competitive health insurance plans, 401(k) with employer matching, and a suite of voluntary benefits.
• Engaging culture. Monthly All-Hands, fun events like Office Olympics, lunch-and-learns, happy hours, and more. Youll also get to directly impact a platform used to protect lives and simplify operations.
• Grow with us. Were growing rapidly, and yet we have a massive amount of work and opportunity ahead. In this role, youll shape how quality and security are built into our engineering process from the ground up.