Principal Platform Engineer Position Available In Miami-Dade, Florida
Tallo's Job Summary: The Principal Platform Engineer role offers a competitive salary of $200,000-$250,000 with additional equity, bonus, and financial benefits. Responsibilities include designing and scaling secure, cloud-native infrastructure, owning container orchestration, CI/CD, and mentoring engineers. Ideal candidates have 6+ years of experience in backend, infra, or platform engineering, with expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and Python. Apply now to join this fast-scaling Series D startup.
Job Description
We’ve partnered with a fast-scaling Series D startup, backed by top-tier investors and generating strong ARR. They’re building the future of secure, intelligent device management- and looking for a foundational infrastructure leader to scale their systems from 1 to 10. In this hands-on leadership role, you’ll work closely with the CTO and engineering team to architect core infrastructure, build containerized compute platforms, and drive best practices across deployment, observability, and DevOps. What You’ll Do Design and scale secure, cloud-native infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure) Own container orchestration, CI/CD, monitoring, and internal tooling Prototype solutions quickly, then refine them for enterprise readiness Guide architecture and mentor engineers across platform projects What They’re Looking For 6+ years in backend, infra, or platform engineering Deep experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines Strong Python and/or data processing background Proven track record of leading complex system builds High agency and ability to operate independently in fast-paced environments
Bonus:
ML/AI infra, cost optimization, or data tooling experience Bonus Points Experience with security, compliance, or infrastructure cost optimization Familiarity with data infrastructure (e.g., Kafka, Snowflake, Airflow) Background in supporting ML/AI or data-heavy systems Compensation $200,000-$250,000 with flexibility. Additional equity, bonus, and financial benefits are available. All interested candidates are encouraged to apply!
