HavocAI ยท 1 day ago
Senior Platform Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expHavocAI is an industry leader in collaborative autonomy, focusing on autonomous surface vessels for defense and commercial maritime missions. The Senior Platform Engineer will own critical systems from architecture to operations, driving platform strategy and empowering engineering teams with essential services, tooling, and infrastructure.
Defense & Space
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain core platform services that support internal engineering teams, including shared runtimes, service frameworks, and foundational backend components
Own platform systems end to end, from design through deployment, monitoring, and ongoing iteration
Build self service tooling and automation that enable teams to deploy, test, observe, and operate services with minimal friction
Architect and maintain container orchestration environments using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring predictable and reliable multi service operation
Develop and improve CI/CD systems, including standardized workflows, templates, and automation for the full software lifecycle
Partner closely with teams across the company to understand needs, remove roadblocks, and evolve platform capabilities that improve developer experience
Implement and manage cloud infrastructure with an emphasis on scalability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency
Establish and maintain observability standards for logging, metrics, alerting, and distributed tracing
Troubleshoot complex issues across infrastructure, networking, and service boundaries
Ensure strong security posture across platform components, access controls, and deployment pipelines
Qualification
Required
5+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on platform, infrastructure, or DevOps engineering
Proven ability to own systems autonomously, drive engineering initiatives, and make platform wide architectural decisions
Strong proficiency with Go, Docker, and Kubernetes
Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, platform architecture, and DevOps principles
Experience operating production systems with robust monitoring, logging, and observability
Demonstrated ability to design systems and tooling that serve multiple engineering teams
Strong problem solving skills and comfort operating in a fast paced startup environment
Must be a U.S. Citizen
Preferred
Experience in UAV, IoT, robotics, or other distributed hardware systems
Proficiency in C or C++ for integration with embedded or edge systems
Strong networking fundamentals
Experience with AWS services and large scale cloud environments
Benefits
100% Employer paid Health, Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your families
Life Insurance
Ability to participate in the companies 401k program
Unlimited PTO policy with an enforced 2 week minimum
Equity Package
Work / Home Office Stipend
Global Entry
16 Week Paid Parental Leave
Monthly Health and Wellness Stipend
Company
HavocAI
HavocAI is revolutionizing maritime autonomy.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageRecent News
2025-10-19
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