Principal Platform Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own the reliability, scalability, and operational health of Gradial’s production platform
• Lead the evolution of Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, and infrastructure as code
• Build tooling and automation to help engineers move faster with confidence
• Drive improvements in monitoring, alerting, incident response, and service readiness
• Partner with engineering to identify and solve scaling risks early
• Influence long-term platform direction regarding reliability, security, performance, and cost

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, infrastructure, SRE, or DevOps
• Proven success operating production-grade infrastructure in high-growth environments
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes and cloud-native architecture
• Strong experience with infrastructure as code, GitOps, and CI/CD workflows
• Strong command of observability fundamentals (metrics, logging, tracing, alerting)
• Track record of leading through influence and making sound technical decisions

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with AI or ML infrastructure (GPU provisioning, model deployment)
• Experience supporting multi-cloud environments
• Proficiency with TypeScript or Python for internal tooling

About the Company

Gradial helps marketers and creatives move from idea to execution faster by automating website updates, design system migrations, and content optimization through an AI-native platform.