Platform Engineer

About the company Our client is a fast-growing software company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Act as the founding member of a platform function spanning infrastructure, DevOps and security. Partner closely with technical leadership to shape strategy, modernize older systems and create internal tooling, with a path toward managing a team as the engineering group expands. What you'll do - Establish the platform function from scratch, defining its processes, policies and tooling. - Move older infrastructure onto modern cloud systems and reinforce the cloud architecture in the early months. - Run and streamline the company's security and compliance program, including audit readiness, AI usage policies and incident handling. - Improve release automation, internal developer tooling and deployment processes so engineers can ship faster. - Coach leadership on security practices and encourage a security-minded culture across engineering. Requirements What we're looking for - Around 6 or more years of experience in infrastructure, DevOps or security engineering. - Background building security infrastructure at a B2B SaaS company in a regulated industry, either at a startup or a fast-moving, well-regarded technology company. - Deep hands-on AWS experience. - Experience designing CI/CD pipelines and working with monitoring and observability tools. - Application security expertise, including authentication, data protection and vulnerability management. - Comfort with ambiguity and a hands-on, high-ownership working style. Bonus points - Experience standing up security infrastructure from zero to one. - Experience running SOC 2 compliance processes in production. Benefits Compensation and benefits - Base salary: USD 180,000 to 250,000 per year - Equity - Health, dental and vision coverage - Retirement plan - Flexible time off Location and work model - New York, United States - On-site, 4 days per week in office - Full-time