Principal Platform Engineer

PublicSquare Company Values

1. We are united in our commitment to freedom and truth - that's what makes us Americans.
2. We will always protect the family unit and celebrate the sanctity of every life.
3. We believe small business and the communities who support them are the backbone of our economy.
4. We believe in the greatness of this Nation and will always fight to defend it.
5. Our Constitution is non-negotiable - government isn't the source of our rights, so it can't take them away.

This is a remote full-time W2 position.

Job Purpose 

As a Principal Platform Engineer at PublicSquare you will be part of a team that builds and supports critical infrastructure, security, and SRE capabilities for the entire organization. You will work closely with engineering, security, and IT teams to solve new problems, optimize existing solutions, and constantly improve the availability, security, and maintainability of our technology platform. We are looking for someone with a solid engineering background who has transitioned to focus on infrastructure, and who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced startup environment.

You will work with GCP (Cloud Run, GKE, CloudSQL, Memorystore, BigQuery, KMS, GCS), GitHub, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Helm, OpsGenie, Terraform, Docker, MongoDB, Postgres, Redis, Elastisearch, Cloudflare, Red Panda, Kafka Connect, Auth0 and other technologies.

This role demands a balance of technical expertise, leadership experience, and excellent communication skills. It requires someone who is team-oriented, technology savvy, and driven to produce quality products. You will work collaboratively with fellow engineers, project owners,and engineering leaders. Our ideal candidate is someone who loves the idea of helping both develop technology and the business.

Role Summary/Major tenets of the role:

• Deliver timely, high-quality infrastructure solutions to meet business needs using IAC tools and methods
• Ensure security, scalability, availability, and maintainability of applications
• Support operational excellence across the organization: observability, incident response, performance and resilience testing
• Serve as a subject matter expert on infrastructure and architecture for the organization
• Own the execution of the development roadmap, focusing on cost optimization, scalability, and system reliability for the platform
• Communicate clearly to ensure alignment and performance across technical teams

Selected Highlights/Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering leadership team in determining the company’s technical vision and participate in the company’s product development
• Partner with the Product team to help execute differentiating capabilities
• Work in a consultative fashion with other teams as an advisor of technologies that may improve their efficiency and effectiveness
• Supervise development best practices and infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency
• Help architect systems around security, scalability, availability, and maintainability
• Assist in production support as needed
• Evaluate and implement new technologies, frameworks, and automation patterns
• Proactively work to develop individuals on the team; to help them stay current and skilled
• Participate in a focused, experienced, energetic team on a rapid, agile development schedule

Requirements

• At least 7 years experience in a software engineering role
• At least 5 years experience using AWS, Azure, or GCP, including automation experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi
• Experience in a lead role on an engineering team delivering critical applications at scale
• Strong scripting and automation skills in Bash and Python
• Proficiency with programming languages such as .NET, Kotlin, Go, and Javascript/TypeScript
• Experience optimizing infrastructure for cost
• Honest and fair with both their team members as well as their colleagues
• Ability to think and act strategically and proactively
• Excellent communication skills. Strong writing and presentation skills
• Knowledge of technology trends to inform and build strategy
• Ability to conduct technological analyses and research

Nice-to-have

• Degree in computer science or closely related field
• Knowledge of PCI and SOC2 Compliance best practices

Our Methods

• Loosely agile - scrum style for platform teams; kanban for ops teams
• Modern, collaborative product management discipline
• Direct customer feedback – see how you make a difference every day

A Day in the Life…

• Regular contact and coordination with cross-functional groups of tech and customer-facing leads
• Reviewing feedback sources to determine tactics and strategy with expert contributors
• Coaching and mentoring leaders and contributors
• Heads downtime to support forward progress

PublicSquare is America's leading commerce and payments ecosystem that serves customers and businesses that value life, family, and freedom. PublicSquare operates under three segments: Marketplace, Financial Technology, and Brands. The primary mission of the Marketplace segment is to help consumers “shop their values” and put purpose behind their purchases. PublicSquare leverages data and insights from the Marketplace to assess its customers’ needs and provide wholly-owned quality financial products and brands. PublicSquare’s Financial Technology segment includes Credova, a consumer financing and payments company. PublicSquare’s Brands segment consists of D2C companies, like EveryLife, a premium life-affirming baby products company.

What we Offer:

• Company paid Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible time off policy
• Paid holidays
• Discounts on our brands
• Rewards & recognition bonuses
• More to come!