Sr. Platform Engineer (Vancouver)

Redis Ltd.

Job Overview

Location

Canada

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Design and build core infrastructure services for Redis Cloud Platform, including control plane services that manage provisioning, lifecycle operations, configuration, platform state, and integration with GCP, Azure, and AWS.
• Develop abstractions that enable Redis Cloud Platform to operate consistently across multiple public cloud providers while respecting each provider’s unique APIs and constraints.
• Build production-grade APIs, controllers, and operators for Kubernetes-based infrastructure management to automate platform operations at scale.
• Implement platform capabilities around tenancy, identity, secrets, networking, service discovery, observability, upgrades, failure recovery, quotas, and auditability.
• Collaborate with product engineering, SRE, security, and cloud infrastructure teams to translate platform requirements into reliable, scalable production systems.
• Own the reliability of built services through comprehensive metrics, logs, traces, alerts, SLOs, runbooks, and active incident response.
• Debug complex, cross-layer issues spanning platform services, Kubernetes clusters, cloud infrastructure, networking layers, and application workloads.
• Participate in technical design reviews and help establish engineering standards for Redis Cloud Platform services.
• Utilize LLMs and AI-assisted development tools thoughtfully to accelerate design exploration, implementation, testing, debugging, documentation, and code review, while maintaining rigorous code quality and accountability.
• Operate and improve infrastructure-as-code systems using Terraform or similar tools, ensuring they are integrated meaningfully within broader engineering workflows without over-reliance.
• Build and maintain observability systems tied to customer-facing production systems, ensuring high availability and operational transparency.
• Contribute to the evolution of platform architecture by identifying gaps in scalability, security, and operational efficiency across multi-cloud environments.
• Maintain strong engineering judgment when deploying AI-assisted tools, ensuring outputs are validated, reviewed, and aligned with team standards.
• Drive structure and ownership in ambiguous or underdefined technical areas to deliver clear, production-ready solutions.
• Engage with cross-functional teams to ensure platform services meet security, compliance, and operational requirements across all supported cloud environments.
• Support operational readiness by creating and maintaining runbooks, performing post-mortems, and refining incident response processes.

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of experience building production-grade software, infrastructure services, distributed systems, or cloud-native platform services.
• Strong software engineering skills in Go, Java, or Rust, with experience building APIs, services, controllers, or backend systems.
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience in production, including controllers/operators, workloads, networking, storage, upgrades, troubleshooting, and security.
• Deep experience with at least one major public cloud provider and practical familiarity with multi-cloud architecture across GCP, Azure, and AWS.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure fundamentals: compute, networking, DNS, load balancing, IAM, storage, private connectivity, and failure domains.
• Experience with Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code systems, without treating IaC as the whole job.
• Experience with observability, SLOs, incident response, and operating customer-facing production systems.
• Comfort using LLMs and AI-assisted development tools thoughtfully as part of everyday engineering work.
• Strong ownership mindset and ability to create structure in ambiguous technical areas.

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work on the fast, simple technology powering global applications used daily by millions.
• Collaborative environment focused on innovation, curiosity, and diversity of thought.
• Commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace where authentic selves are celebrated and supported.
• Reasonable accommodations provided for applicants with mental and/or physical disabilities.
• Employment contingent on successful background check consistent with applicable laws.
• Data retention policy in place for candidate evaluation, in alignment with Redis’s privacy policy.

Skills & Technologies

Java

Rust

Redis

AWS

Azure

Senior

Hybrid

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About Redis Ltd.

Redis is a leading provider of real-time data solutions, specializing in an in-memory data structure store used as a database, cache, and message broker. Its core offering, Redis Enterprise, provides a high-performance, scalable, and reliable platform for applications requiring instant data access and processing. The company serves a wide range of industries, including finance, e-commerce, gaming, and telecommunications, enabling businesses to build faster, more responsive applications. Redis is recognized for its open-source roots and its commitment to innovation in the database and data management space, empowering developers and enterprises to leverage the power of real-time data.

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