Platform Operations Engineer

Zartis is a digital solutions provider working across technology strategy, software engineering and product development.

We partner with firms across financial services, MedTech, media, logistics technology, renewable energy, EdTech, e-commerce, and more. Our engineering hubs in EMEA and LATAM are full of talented professionals delivering business success and digital improvement across application development, software architecture, CI/CD, business intelligence, QA automation, and new technology integrations.

We are looking for a Platform Operations Engineer to work on a project in the data analytics sector.

The project:

Our teammates are talented people that come from a variety of backgrounds. We're committed to building an inclusive culture based on trust and innovation.

We are seeking an energetic engineer with strong platform operations experience in AWS to join our client's team in developing and scaling their data socialization and visualization platform, Atlas. This is a hands-on individual contributor (IC) role where you will lead by example through design, coding, and problem-solving. You will collaborate closely with their existing Backend Engineering Team Lead while holding primary accountability for platform operations. You will report directly to the CTO and work alongside the engineering and product teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance. While everyone contributes across boundaries on their small team, this role is intended to take leadership accountability for platform operations while also assisting with backend development

What you will do:

• Lead the design, operation, and improvement of AWS platform infrastructure to ensure robustness, security, and scalability.
• Manage and optimize CI/CD pipelines, observability, cost monitoring, and system reliability.
• Collaborate with backend engineers to develop and maintain APIs and backend services for the Atlas platform.
• Write comprehensive unit and integration tests, adhering to best practices.
• Participate in code reviews and peer programming.
• Produce technical requirements documents and system designs for platform enhancements.
• Collaborate with Frontend, Data Engineering, and Product teams to align platform and backend development with business needs.
• Break down operational initiatives into actionable projects and lead their execution.
• Mentor junior engineers and guide best practices in platform operations.
• Provide on-call support rotation for platform stability.
• Report directly to the CTO, providing updates on platform health, risks, and opportunities.

What you will bring:

• 3+ years of backend engineering experience (REST/GraphQL APIs, Python, or similar).
• 2+ years of professional experience in platform operations, cloud infrastructure, or DevOps.
• Real-world experience with SQL and cloud-based data systems.
• Proficiency in AWS services (ECS, EKS, RDS, Lambda, Secrets Manager, etc.).
• Infrastructure as Code expertise, with CloudFormation (primary) and Terraform (secondary).
• Experience with container orchestration and infrastructure automation (Git, CI/CD, Docker).
• Familiarity with observability stacks (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar).
• Strong leadership in technical strategy, platform design, and reliability.
• Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively in a distributed team.
• A./B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, related area, or relevant experience.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, Athena, or GraphQL.

What we offer:

• 100% Remote Work
• WFH allowance: Monthly