Verve · 3 weeks ago
Senior Platform Engineer (Remote / Contract)
United States
Contract
Remote
Senior Level
$40/hr - $75/hr
7+ years expVerve is a technology company focused on creating efficient and privacy-focused advertising solutions. They are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to take ownership of their growing infrastructure, optimizing Kubernetes clusters and leading the design and implementation of infrastructure provisioning.
AdTechAdvertisingMarketingArtificial Intelligence (AI)Digital MediaAppsAd ExchangeAdvertising PlatformsApp MarketingMachine LearningMobile AdvertisingMobile Apps
Responsibilities
Own and optimize Kubernetes clusters (GKE) at scale, including networking, autoscaling, and cost efficiency
Lead the design and implementation of infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), establishing reusable patterns and enforcing standards across teams
Architect, implement, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD) with a focus on reliability, security, and developer experience
Design and maintain Helm charts for applications and services across multiple environments
Drive platform reliability — owning scalability, availability, and disaster recovery strategy (load balancing, auto-scaling, multi-region resilience)
Define and implement observability standards across metrics, logging, and tracing (Grafana, New Relic, OpenTelemetry)
Serve as a technical lead during incidents on primary revenue-generating applications, owning resolution and contributing to post-mortems
Mentor engineers across the team and act as a trusted advisor to development teams on infrastructure best practices, security standards, and platform adoption
Contribute to the team’s on-call rotation with a proactive, systems-thinking approach
Qualification
Required
Own and optimize Kubernetes clusters (GKE) at scale, including networking, autoscaling, and cost efficiency
Lead the design and implementation of infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), establishing reusable patterns and enforcing standards across teams
Architect, implement, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD) with a focus on reliability, security, and developer experience
Design and maintain Helm charts for applications and services across multiple environments
Drive platform reliability — owning scalability, availability, and disaster recovery strategy (load balancing, auto-scaling, multi-region resilience)
Define and implement observability standards across metrics, logging, and tracing (Grafana, New Relic, OpenTelemetry)
Serve as a technical lead during incidents on primary revenue-generating applications, owning resolution and contributing to post-mortems
Mentor engineers across the team and act as a trusted advisor to development teams on infrastructure best practices, security standards, and platform adoption
Contribute to the team's on-call rotation with a proactive, systems-thinking approach
7+ years of relevant platform, infrastructure, or DevOps engineering experience
Deep hands-on expertise with Kubernetes in production environments (GKE)
Strong Terraform skills — module authoring and IaC architecture, not just usage
Experience with GitOps workflows and CI/CD pipeline design at scale
Solid understanding of cloud networking, IAM, and security across GCP
Demonstrated ability to work independently on complex, ambiguous problems
Experience mentoring engineers and influencing platform culture
Company
Verve
Verve’s omnichannel ad platform connects advertisers, agencies, brands, and publishers to people in real time. It is a sub-organization of Media and Games Invest.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
50%
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Engineering and Development
Product Management
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2025 (1)
2024 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$101.18MKey Investors
Silicon Valley BankQualcomm VenturesNGP Capital
2025-06-17Post Ipo Equity· $37.68M
2020-10-06IPO
2016-06-20Debt Financing· $30M
Leadership Team
James Bragdon Slayden III
Director, Agency Trade Desk Partnerships
Kathleen Delaney
Sr Director, Sales and Strategic Client Partnerships
Recent News
2026-05-13
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