Risepoint ยท 1 day ago
Staff Platform Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expRisepoint is an education technology company dedicated to increasing access to affordable education. They are seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to design and scale secure, automated delivery systems across their engineering organization, focusing on improving deployment frequency and release safety.
EducationHigher EducationUniversities
Responsibilities
Partner with engineering teams and leadership to identify platform needs, build consensus on roadmap priorities, and drive adoption through iteration, demonstration, and measurable outcomes
Design and scale reusable CI/CD patterns using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, embedding compliance, security scanning, and advanced deployment strategies (e.g. blue/green, canary) as code
Deliver platform capabilities incrementally with tight feedback loops - shipping testable, adoptable changes every 2-4 weeks rather than long-running projects
Transform manual approval processes into automated, data-driven release readiness checks using policy-as-code, automated evidence gathering, and risk scoring
Implement pipeline intelligence: predictive caching, anomaly detection for flaky tests, and automated root-cause analysis that reduces developer toil
Qualification
Required
Experience successfully driving adoption of a platform, tool, or standard across multiple resistant or skeptical teams
Comfort with ambiguity - defining requirements from messy feedback and building roadmaps without perfect information
Track record of influencing through expertise, not authority
Energized by enabling others to be successful vs. being the hero who does everything
7+ years in roles supporting enterprise-scale delivery systems
2+ years leading technical initiatives that required work across teams gathering requirements, identifying opportunities, and delivering federated mechanisms that increase delivery velocity
Proven experience designing self-service platforms, reusable pipelines, and policy-as-code frameworks
Strong knowledge of Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, IaC (Terraform, Helm, Docker, etc.), and secure CI/CD practices
Systems thinking and curiosity - you look for leverage points, not toil points
Ability to influence automation, documentation, and enablement
Excellent technical leadership and mentorship skills; clear communication and vision alignment
Preferred
Experience with incident and reliability automation (e.g., automated RCA, remediation workflows, observability-driven deployment gates)
Exposure to AI/ML Ops pipelines, including security and compliance for model delivery and data workflows
Familiarity with GitHub Apps, Actions SDKs, or platform extensibility for building automation services
Company
Risepoint
Risepoint partners with universities to create online degree programs and offers recruitment marketing and admissions services.
1001-5000 employees
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