Sr Platform Engineer

About Paytient:
We’re on a mission to help people better access and afford care.  

Every day, millions of people, and their loved ones, need to see a doctor. For most of us, that moment is an uncertain one - we’re unsure of what’s wrong, who to go to, how long it’ll take to be seen, when we’ll feel better, and what it’ll cost.

Paytient partners with thoughtful employers and health plans who understand the impact of that moment and want to ensure that every one of their plan members are easily able to access and afford care. Our clients understand that an improved ability to self-pay for care changes patient behavior and creates value for the health plan.  This founding belief is becoming an emerging standard of care in health plan design and is now, in fact, a mandatory capability in some governmental health plans. Founded in 2018, Paytient is now part of nearly 6,000 employer health plans and providing certainty that people are better able to access and afford care.

About The Role:

Paytient is seeking a talented and passionate Senior Platform Engineer to join our growing technology team and play a pivotal role in shaping the foundational tooling and infrastructure that empowers our engineering organization. You'll be instrumental in designing, building, and maintaining the scalable, reliable, and secure platform services that enable our development teams to build, deploy, and scale high-quality software efficiently. If you are someone who thrives on automation, embraces infrastructure-as-code, and is driven to enhance developer productivity, we encourage you to apply and make a significant impact on our engineering velocity and product stability.

Our “remote with roots” model allows us to work where we thrive and gather as needed, often in our home office in Columbia, Missouri. This role can be performed from anywhere in the continental U.S., with the exception of Montana.

What You'll Do:

• Architect and maintain scalable, self-service cloud infrastructure leveraging IaC and containerization/orchestration for reliable core services.
• Build and standardize CI/CD pipelines and testing frameworks to optimize development workflows and accelerate delivery.
• Implement comprehensive automation for provisioning, configuration, deployment, and monitoring to maximize operational efficiency.
• Proactively ensure platform reliability, performance, and security through monitoring, alerting, and robust incident response.
• Create and maintain thorough documentation of platform architecture and operational procedures.
• Research and recommend new technologies to advance platform capabilities and improve the developer experience.
• Develop and support standard libraries and packages to promote code consistency and efficiency across teams.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to drive successful outcomes.

What You'll Bring:

• At least 4 years in DevOps, Infrastructure, or Platform Engineering with expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible), and Internal Developer Platforms (e.g., Backstage).
• Proficient in containerization (Docker), orchestration (ECS, Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines (CircleCI, GitHub Actions), and familiarity with feature flagging (e.g., LaunchDarkly).
• Skilled in source control (Git, GitHub), build/package management (Gradle, Maven, NPM), monitoring/logging (Datadog), and cloud database management (RDS).
• Strong scripting (Bash) and programming skills (Java/Kotlin, Go, TypeScript), with knowledge of cloud security best practices and agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to articulate technical concepts
• A strong advocate for continuous improvement in engineering workflows, with a focus on increasing delivery speed and software quality.

Benefits We Offer: 

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• $4,300 annual HSA contribution
• Paytient Health Payment Account (HPA)
• Monthly lifestyle spending stipend
• 33 days of annual PTO
• 401k plan access with a 4% employer match
• Up to 16 weeks of fully-paid parental leave
• Stock options in Paytient
• ...and more!

Paytient is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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