Senior Platform Engineer - Remote Anywhere (Proxify) — Columbus
Traveler-Friendly Insight
Global Remote with No Country Restrictions — Proxify explicitly lists this role as "Anywhere in the World," making it one of the most nomad-friendly postings available. There are no stated country or timezone restrictions, which is a significant green flag for location-independent workers.
Schedule & Async Potential: The posting emphasizes "consistent 8-hour working days with clients," which suggests a degree of synchronous overlap with the client team. While full async isn't guaranteed, the structured hours imply predictability rather than on-call chaos. Expect some overlap with European business hours given the Swedish headquarters, likely CET (UTC+1). Nomads in Lisbon (UTC+1) or Chiang Mai (UTC+7) would need to plan morning starts; those in Medellín (UTC-5) may face late afternoon/evening hours.
Visa Considerations: With worldwide eligibility, you have maximum flexibility. Consider:
- Portugal: D8 Digital Nomad Visa — ideal for EU-timezone alignment and a growing tech community.
- Thailand: LTR Visa or 60-day tourist + extensions — Bangkok/Chiang Mai offer excellent infrastructure for DevOps/platform work.
- Colombia: Digital Nomad Visa (up to 2 years) — Medellín has a thriving tech scene and low cost of living.
Travel Perks: Monthly on-time payments with flexible withdrawal options are a standout for nomads managing multi-currency finances. No equipment stipend or coworking allowance was mentioned.
Headquarters: Sweden
URL: http://career.proxify.io
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer on behalf of our client to build, scale, and maintain an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) that empowers application software teams to ship code safely, independently, and rapidly. In this role, you will treat the developer platform as a product—building self-service infrastructure abstractions, automated CI/CD capabilities, and guardrails that eliminate operational toil for product developers.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in platform engineering, site reliability engineering (SRE), or core DevOps, with a proven track record of designing and delivering Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).
- Expert-level mastery of Kubernetes administration, custom controller/operator architectures, service meshes (Istio/Linkerd), and continuous delivery via GitOps tools (ArgoCD or Flux).
- Deep proficiency using Terraform, OpenTofu, or Pulumi to construct modular, reusable infrastructure blueprints across cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Strong programming skills in Go or Python to build custom platform extensions, CLI tools, Kubernetes operators, and API integrations.
- Practical experience building or integrating developer portals (e.g., Backstage, Port) and automated workflow engines to abstract infrastructure complexity.
- Hands-on experience establishing end-to-end telemetry standards using Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry for metric, log, and trace aggregation.
Nice-to-Have
- Experience with cloud-native control plane abstractions like Crossplane.
- Exposure to FinOps practices, container cost monitoring (e.g., Kubecost), and automated resource optimization.
- Active contributions to open-source cloud-native projects (CNCF ecosystem).
- Strong background in zero-trust security controls, secrets management (HashiCorp Vault), and compliance automation.
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and maintain self-service platform tools and developer portals that enable product teams to independently provision infrastructure, manage environments, and deploy services.
- Maintain robust, automated GitOps delivery pipelines using ArgoCD/Flux, establishing safe deployment practices (canary, blue-green, automated rollbacks).
- Maintain cluster health, upgrade lifecycles, autoscaling policies, and security policies across multi-region Kubernetes deployments.
- Write production-grade Go/Python code to build custom Kubernetes operators, CLI utilities, and API automation to streamline developer workflows.
- Establish platform-wide SLI/SLO tracking, implement centralized logging and tracing infrastructure, and enforce automated security and cost-compliance policies across environments.
What We Offer
- Get paid, not played: No more unreliable clients. Enjoy on-time monthly payments with flexible withdrawal options.
- Predictable project hours: Enjoy a harmonious work-life balance with consistent 8-hour working days with clients.
- Flex days to recharge: Enjoy up to 24 flex days off per year without losing pay, for full-time positions found through Proxify.
- Career-accelerating positions at cutting-edge companies: Discover exclusive long-term remote positions at the world's most exciting companies.
- Hand-picked opportunities just for you: Skip the typical recruitment roadblocks and biases with personally matched positions.
- One seamless process, multiple opportunities: A one-time contracting process for endless opportunities, with no extra assessments.
- Compensation: Enjoy the same pay, every month with positions found through Proxify.
To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/proxify-ab-senior-platform-engineer-1
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