What are the responsibilities and job description for the Platform Engineer position at Exiger?
Who We Are:
Exiger transforms supply chains into a strategic advantage-advancing our mission to make the world a safer and more transparent place to succeed. OurAI platform, 1Exiger, delivers instant visibility into complex supplier ecosystems, leveraging proprietary data and advanced AI to surface risk, automate compliance, and unlockefficiencies and cost savings to strengthen long-term resilience. Trusted by 550 global customers-including Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies-Exiger is a recognized, award-winning leader in supply chain AI and a FedRAMP authorized provider to the federal government.
Location: USA (Must be a US Citizen)
Work Environment: Remote or Hybrid
Description
We are seeking an early-career Platform Engineer to join our Internal Developer Platform team. The team provides self-service developer tooling and shared cloud services for engineering teams. This remote role is ideal for a recent graduate with strong software fundamentals and interest in cloud systems, automation, and internal platform tooling.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to internal platform tooling and shared cloud services used by engineering teams.
- Support day-to-day operation of shared infrastructure and services, including KTLO work and issue follow-up.
- Build automations that reduce friction for application development teams.
- Create and maintain CI/CD workflows and Terraform-based infrastructure using established team patterns.
- Develop basic internal APIs, services, and tooling in Python or Go.
- Participate in a limited team on-call rotation with clear escalation paths and second-tier support.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Proficiency in at least one of Python or Go.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and basic service-development concepts.
- Foundational understanding of cloud computing and distributed systems concepts.
- Demonstrated ability to build meaningful software, tools, or automation through internships, research, projects, or open-source work.
- Awareness of security fundamentals and a secure-by-default mindset.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree or current/recent graduate study in a related technical field.
- Internship experience in platform engineering, SRE, backend engineering, cloud infrastructure, or developer tools.
- Exposure to AWS, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, Kubernetes, or EKS.
Why You'll Love Working at Exiger:
- High-performance culture rooted in accountability, collaboration, and a shared commitment to excellence.
- Discretionary Time Off for all employees, with no maximum limits on time off
- Industry leading health, vision, and dental benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- Flexible, hybrid approach to working from home and in the office where applicable
- Purposeful career development programs with reimbursement provided for educational certifications
Exiger is named a Leader in the GartnerMagic Quadrant for Supplier Risk Management, twice selected as one of Fast Company's 'Brands That Matter,' and recipient of the Third Party Risk Association's Innovator Award, Exiger's technology has been recognized by leading analyst evaluations and 50 awards. Learn more atExiger.comand follow Exiger onLinkedIn.
At Exiger, our values define how we work and why we lead. We are mission-inspired, imagination-driven, trust-anchored, and compassion-focused-committed to building technology that makes the world safer, more transparent, and more resilient.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.
Exiger's hybrid work policy is periodically reviewed and adjusted to align with evolving business needs.