What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Platform Engineer position at Scion Staffing?
Scion Staffing has been engaged to conduct a search for a Senior Platform Engineer for a rapidly growing, venture-backed technology organization building innovative, enterprise-scale software solutions. This is an onsite opportunity in Manhattan, NYC.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
This role is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud infrastructure in a multi-cloud environment. The Senior Platform Engineer will collaborate cross-functionally to support modern application development, data systems, and AI-driven services. This is an opportunity to contribute to foundational infrastructure within a fast-paced, inclusive, and mission-driven organization.
PERKS:
This position offers a competitive compensation package that includes base salary ($170-235k/yr) DOE, as well as performance incentives, and equity potential. Employees are eligible for comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with retirement planning options, unlimited PTO and additional wellness benefits. The organization is committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive environment, offering professional development opportunities and resources to support long-term career growth.
HOW TO APPLY:
For immediate consideration, please submit your resume here!
ABOUT OUR SEARCH FIRM:
Scion Staffing is a national award-winning staffing firm! Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing thousands of talented professionals with amazing career opportunities. Through our innovative team building and recruiting solutions, we bridge the gap in executive leadership searches, direct hire recruiting, interim leadership placement, and temporary professional staffing. We are proud to be part of the Forbes lists of the Best Recruitment Firms and the Best Executive Search Firms in America. Additionally, Scion has been recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm as well as a top recruitment firm by The Business Times. Additional information about our firm can also be found online.
Scion Staffing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and the candidates we represent. For opportunities located in a region that have enacted fair chance, arrest or conviction-based employment ordinances, Scion Staffing proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualified applications with arrest and conviction records. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion as well as every client organization with whom we partner.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
This role is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud infrastructure in a multi-cloud environment. The Senior Platform Engineer will collaborate cross-functionally to support modern application development, data systems, and AI-driven services. This is an opportunity to contribute to foundational infrastructure within a fast-paced, inclusive, and mission-driven organization.
PERKS:
- Competitive base salary with equity participation
- Comprehensive health, dental, & vision coverage and FSA, HSA and commuter benefits.
- 11 paid holidays, and unlimited PTO to support work-life balance.
- $1200 annual fitness reimbursement and 3x/week paid lunch (Uber Eats stipend)
- Design, implement, and operate scalable multi-cloud infrastructure supporting enterprise SaaS and AI workloads
- Build and manage containerized systems and orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker)
- Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment speed, consistency, and reliability
- Implement observability practices including monitoring, logging, and alerting to maintain high availability
- Partner with engineering teams to optimize performance across APIs, data pipelines, and AI inference systems
- Champion security, compliance, and reliability best practices across infrastructure and operations
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in platform, infrastructure, or DevOps engineering within SaaS environments
- Proven experience supporting AI/ML infrastructure and AI-driven applications (required)
- Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker in production environments
- Proficiency with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices
- Experience working across cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure (multi-cloud preferred)
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Argo) and building scalable deployment pipelines
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog (APM, logging, alerting, SLOs), along with proficiency in Python, Go, or similar programming languages
This position offers a competitive compensation package that includes base salary ($170-235k/yr) DOE, as well as performance incentives, and equity potential. Employees are eligible for comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with retirement planning options, unlimited PTO and additional wellness benefits. The organization is committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive environment, offering professional development opportunities and resources to support long-term career growth.
HOW TO APPLY:
For immediate consideration, please submit your resume here!
ABOUT OUR SEARCH FIRM:
Scion Staffing is a national award-winning staffing firm! Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing thousands of talented professionals with amazing career opportunities. Through our innovative team building and recruiting solutions, we bridge the gap in executive leadership searches, direct hire recruiting, interim leadership placement, and temporary professional staffing. We are proud to be part of the Forbes lists of the Best Recruitment Firms and the Best Executive Search Firms in America. Additionally, Scion has been recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm as well as a top recruitment firm by The Business Times. Additional information about our firm can also be found online.
Scion Staffing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and the candidates we represent. For opportunities located in a region that have enacted fair chance, arrest or conviction-based employment ordinances, Scion Staffing proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualified applications with arrest and conviction records. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion as well as every client organization with whom we partner.
Salary : $170,000 - $235,000