whoop
Senior Platform Engineer - Kubernetes
At a Glance
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Work Regime
- hybrid
- Employment
- Full Time
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Compensation
- USD 150000-215000 per-year-salary
- Posted
- 2026-06-16T20:14:09.956000+00:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Cloud
- Engineering
Requirements
5+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform, Site Reliability, CloudEngineering, or Backend Software Engineering roles
Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture and core components
Strong knowledge of container networking concepts, including overlay networking, service meshes, and network policies
Experience with multi-cluster Kubernetes environments and inter-cluster communication patterns
Hands-on experience operating cloud infrastructure, preferably in AWS (e.g., IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, CloudTrail, Organizations)
Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and operate WHOOP’s Kubernetes clusters running on AWS infrastructure
Drive architectural decisions to improve scalability, resiliency, performance, and security across the build and deployment platform
Build systems and tooling that increase deployment safety and accelerate release velocity to Kubernetes
Advance CI/CD capabilities to support frequent, reliable production deployments
Lead developer productivity improvements through tooling, automation, and platform integrations
Partner with application, security, and data teams to embed secure-by-default infrastructure practices