Senior Platform Engineer

As a Senior Platform Engineer at Coco, your primary responsibilities include architecting and building robust system platforms, participating in design reviews, and advising the engineering organization on best practices. You’ll also ensure that as the company grows, processes and software are in place to facilitate safe and efficient engineering practices.

To qualify for the Senior Platform Engineer role at Coco, you need a BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience, along with at least 5 years in software development. Significant experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and experience in building observability stacks are crucial, along with knowledge of AWS cloud services.

Experience with Kubernetes and Helm is essential for the Senior Platform Engineer role at Coco because these technologies are pivotal in managing containerized applications. Your expertise will ensure that the platform is robust and efficient, contributing significantly to reliable and scalable deployments that support our last-mile delivery service.

As a Senior Platform Engineer at Coco, you’ll work with a cutting-edge technology stack that includes AWS, Helm, Kubernetes, Docker, and languages such as Golang and NodeJS/Typescript. Familiarity with message queue frameworks, Redis, and PostgreSQL is also beneficial, as they play a role in our platform operations.

At Coco, the work culture for a Senior Platform Engineer is collaborative and innovative. You’ll be part of a team that values diverse perspectives and encourages open communication. We believe in continuous learning and adaptability as we strive to create a seamless delivery experience, giving engineers the platform to thrive.

When discussing your experience with Kubernetes, it's essential to provide specific examples of past projects where you deployed and managed applications. Highlight your understanding of concepts like pods, services, and deployment strategies, and how you used Helm for managing Kubernetes applications effectively.

Explain your systematic approach to building platform systems, focusing on design principles, user requirements, scalability, and reliability. Include examples where you’ve had to adapt your designs based on changing needs or feedback from other engineering teams.

Discuss how you promote best practices by setting coding standards, conducting code reviews, and implementing CI/CD pipelines. Providing examples of strategies you’ve used to enforce these practices in teams will demonstrate your commitment to quality and reliability.

In response to this question, emphasize your methodical approach to troubleshooting, including identifying the root cause, implementing temporary fixes, and communicating with your team. Share examples of past outages you managed and how you’ve improved resilience in the system afterward.

Detail your experience with AWS by mentioning specific services you’ve utilized, like EC2, S3, Lambda, and CloudFormation. Explain projects where you leveraged these services to enhance application performance, scalability, or reliability.

Your response should cover your familiarity with CI/CD processes and tools. Discuss how these practices help maintain software quality and speed up deployment cycles and provide an example of a CI/CD pipeline you built or improved.

Here, you can discuss your experience managing databases in production settings, focusing on performance tuning, backup solutions, and scalability. Mention any specific databases you've worked with, like PostgreSQL, and how you ensured data integrity and availability.

Explain how you integrate monitoring and logging solutions to achieve observability. Discuss tools you’ve used and how you correlate metrics with performance issues to enhance application reliability and user experience.

Provide a detailed narrative of a significant project where you played a lead role in architecture design. Discuss the challenges faced, your decision-making process, and the impact it had on the project success and team alignment.

Discuss your proactive approach to learning about new technologies through online courses, attending workshops, and participating in relevant communities. Highlight how you’ve applied new knowledge to improve your work as a platform engineer.