Platform Engineer

As a Platform Engineer at Jun Group, you will be responsible for automating infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, managing Kubernetes clusters, and ensuring platform reliability and scalability through load balancing and auto-scaling. You will also set up observability solutions and provide operational support for our primary revenue-generating applications. This role plays a critical part in enhancing our infrastructure and supporting our development teams in adopting best practices.

Candidates applying for the Platform Engineer role at Jun Group should have experience with cloud platforms like AWS and GCP, proficiency in programming languages such as Ruby, Python, and JavaScript, and a solid understanding of CI/CD tools and Kubernetes. Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and observability tools is also crucial. Additionally, a passion for improving development practices and an eagerness to learn new technologies are important aspects we look for in candidates.

At Jun Group, you will work with a range of technologies, including AWS services like EKS, ECS, and RDS, and Google Cloud Platform services such as GKE and BigQuery. You’ll also engage with programming languages like Ruby on Rails, Elixir, Python, and JavaScript frameworks. Familiarity with tools like Terraform for infrastructure management, Grafana and New Relic for monitoring, and CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions and ArgoCD is essential for this role.

Yes, Jun Group offers a hybrid remote work policy for employees living within a 90-minute commute to our NYC office. While we encourage collaboration in the office three days a week, there is flexibility for remote work, allowing you to maintain a healthy work-life balance while contributing effectively to our projects.

Jun Group provides a competitive salary range of $100,000 to $130,000, along with incentive pay. Our benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, mental health resources, and volunteer opportunities. We strive to create a supportive environment that promotes diversity and values the uniqueness of each employee's journey.

When asked about your experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and Terraform, be sure to outline specific projects where you implemented Terraform for provisioning and managing infrastructure. Highlight how it helped automate repetitive tasks, reduced errors, and improved deployment speed. Discuss the benefits of version control with infrastructure and how Terraform interacts with current cloud services.

In your response, discuss the methods you've used to analyze and improve CI/CD pipelines. Explain specific tools like GitHub Actions or ArgoCD that you've used, how you identified bottlenecks, and implemented changes to make the process more efficient. Specific examples showcasing quantitative improvements would be persuasive.

When tackling platform reliability and scalability, you should address load balancing, auto-scaling strategies, and disaster recovery plans. Also, discuss how you monitor application performance using observability tools and respond proactively to incidents, ensuring minimal downtime and improved user experience.

In response, provide examples of managing production Kubernetes environments, including provisioning clusters with AWS EKS or GKE. Discuss your approach to ensuring security, managing resources, and maintaining services during an outage. Share your experiences in troubleshooting and optimizing deployments.

Explain your systematic approach to incident resolution, such as establishing communication channels with the team, assessing the impact, diagnosing the root cause, and executing a recovery plan swiftly. Illustrate your understanding of maintaining operational efficiency for revenue-generating applications, which often require prompt resolutions.

Articulate your knowledge of observability factors such as metrics, logs, and traces, along with your experience with monitoring tools like Grafana or New Relic. Discuss how effective observability provides insight into application performance and how that translates into better decision-making and improvements.

Discuss specific languages you've used in backend engineering such as Ruby on Rails or Python. Provide examples of projects where you leveraged these languages to solve complex problems effectively and the advantages of using each in relation to scalability, performance, and maintainability.

Describe your approach to mentoring developers on best practices. This can include conducting workshops, providing documentation, or offering one-on-one support. Emphasize how collaboration fosters a culture of continuous improvement and how good infrastructure practices lead to secure, robust applications.

Share your passion for technology and how Platform Engineering empowers you to solve complex infrastructure challenges while enhancing the developer experience. Reflect on your desire to continuously learn and adapt in the ever-evolving tech landscape, and how this role at Jun Group aligns with those career goals.

In your answer, reflect on the challenges of cloud security, the rapid evolution of technology, and the need for companies to remain compliant with emerging regulations. Consider how these factors affect scalability and operational efficiency and share your thoughts on how you stay informed and adaptable to these changes.