Staff Platform Engineer
Role summary
Lead the design, architecture, and scaling of a modern multi-cloud platform supporting critical healthcare systems in a high-growth technology environment.
This role is ideal for senior platform engineers who thrive on ownership, large-scale infrastructure, Kubernetes, cloud architecture, security, compliance, and building systems that operate reliably in production.
Important
• Must be based in Brazil
• Full-time remote position
• Deep Kubernetes expertise required
• Strong AWS and GCP experience required
• Experience with regulated environments required
• Platform architecture ownership experience required
• Hands-on engineering role (not management)
• Experience with compliance frameworks such as HIPAA, LGPD, SOC2, GDPR or ISO27001
• Strong AI-assisted engineering mindset preferred
Job description
You will be responsible for designing, building, scaling, and operating critical platform services while driving reliability, observability, security, compliance, and automation initiatives.
This is a highly hands-on role for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, making architectural decisions, and taking ownership of systems from design through production.
Responsibilities
• Define and own platform architecture
• Build and maintain multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP
• Manage Kubernetes clusters and workload orchestration
• Design scalable backend infrastructure and platform services
• Build automation, tooling, shared libraries, and internal SDKs
• Improve reliability, observability, and incident response capabilities
• Drive infrastructure modernization and legacy system improvements
• Implement security and compliance controls
• Support platform scalability across multiple regions and customers
• Promote AI-assisted engineering practices across the organization
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical leadership initiatives
Required Skills
• Extensive platform engineering experience
• Deep Kubernetes production experience
• Strong AWS experience
• Strong GCP experience
• Infrastructure architecture experience
• Backend engineering experience
• Infrastructure as Code expertise
• Experience with cloud networking and security
• Experience with observability platforms and monitoring systems
• Experience operating systems in regulated environments
• Experience with compliance standards such as HIPAA, LGPD, SOC2, GDPR or ISO27001
• Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills
• Excellent communication and technical leadership abilities
Technologies
• Kubernetes
• AWS
• GCP
• GraphQL
• Pulumi
• Infrastructure as Code
• Cloud Networking
• Platform Engineering
• Observability
• Security Engineering
• CI/CD
• Automation
Nice To Have
• Neo4j
• Amazon Neptune
• MongoDB
• Firestore
• Healthcare technology experience
• FHIR integrations
• Multi-region infrastructure experience
• AI-assisted engineering workflows
• Technical mentoring experience
• Startup scaling experience
Soft Skills
• Extreme ownership mentality
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Builder mindset
• Technical leadership
• Accountability
• Adaptability
• Resilience under pressure
• Clear communication
• Strategic thinking
• Passion for infrastructure and platform engineering