Brightside Health delivers life-saving virtual mental healthcare to everyone who needs it. We are powered by proprietary AI, purpose-built technology, a world-class clinician network, and a care model that rivals the best of in-person treatment. When combined with precision psychiatry and leading-edge therapeutic techniques, we’re able to improve outcomes for those with mild-to-severe clinical depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders.

We take an action-oriented, purposeful approach with everything we do and seek out team members who value collaboration and thoughtful prioritization. As a result, our organization is looking for the brightest and most innovative talent in the industry. We can promise you that, as a member of the Brightside team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate alongside smart and driven people while growing your professional skills.

We are looking for an experienced Staff Platform Engineer to join our Data team. As a Staff Platform Engineer, you will be a technical leader responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the core infrastructure and platform that supports our mission-critical applications and services. You will work across cloud technologies, DevOps practices, and Site Reliability Engineering principles to ensure our platform is highly available, scalable, and secure. This person will report to the Manager, Data Engineering.

What you’ll be doing as Staff Platform Engineer:

• Cloud Technologies:

  • Architect and manage our multi-cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP

  • Design and implement cloud-native services and serverless technologies

  • Automate cloud resource provisioning and configuration using Terraform

  • Optimize cloud resource utilization and cost efficiency

• DevOps Practices:

  • Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for our Ruby on Rails application

  • Develop and document standard operating procedures for platform management

  • Collaborate with engineering teams to adopt DevOps principles and tooling

  • Monitor and analyze platform metrics to identify and resolve issues proactively using DataDog

• Site Reliability Engineering:

  • Apply SRE principles to ensure high availability, scalability, and resiliency of our services

  • Implement and maintain robust monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes using DataDog

  • Perform security scanning and detecting threats and application vulnerabilities

  • Contribute to the development of self-healing and auto-scaling capabilities of our GKE cluster

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in a platform engineering or DevOps engineering role

• Extensive knowledge of cloud computing platforms and services (AWS, Azure, GCP)

• Proficiency in infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)

• Experience working with version control software and the CI/CD tooling (Git, GitHub Actions)

• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)

• Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, Go, or Bash

• Strong command of the *NIX systems and bash scripting

• Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, agile environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in building up teams from the ground up

• Familiarity with site reliability engineering principles and practices

• Knowledge of security best practices for cloud environments

• Experience with incident management and post-mortem analysis

• Familiarity with distributed systems architecture and design patterns

• Experience with Ruby on Rails, GitHub Actions, FluxCD, and Kubernetes

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including salary plus equity if desired as part of package

• Fully paid for comprehensive health care (medical, dental, vision)

• Pet Insurance

• Life Insurance & Short / Long Term Disability

• Unlimited PTO and sick leave

• Parental Leave

• 401k Plan

• Work remotely with flexible hours

• Additional memberships and perks

Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise. If you have questions on compensation bands, please ask your recruiter.

Brightside Health is committed to equal employment opportunities for all team members. Every decision we make regarding employment is solely based on merit, competence, and performance. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We realize the full promise of diversity and want you to bring your whole self to work every single day.

Research shows that underrepresented groups typically apply only if they meet 100% of the criteria listed. At Brightside, we are dedicated to fair play and encourage women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ job seekers to apply for positions even if they don’t check every box for the role.