Top Platform Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Lead operational reliability and platform enablement for Databricks: build monitoring, CI/CD, deployment standards, compute and job policies, observability, runbooks, and governance to support secure, cost-aware, production data workloads across regulated environments. Mentor engineers and align platform with cloud/infrastructure and compliance requirements.

Own and scale a multi-cloud data platform across AWS and Azure. Manage Apache Airflow, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, CI/CD, observability, big data infrastructure, governance tooling, and FinOps initiatives. Provide end-to-end architectural and operational ownership, improve developer tooling, define platform roadmaps, manage incidents, enforce engineering standards, and mentor data platform engineers.

Designs, implements, administers, and supports enterprise cloud platforms, integrations, databases, middleware, and application services. The role develops secure, scalable architectures; automates deployments and administration; supports Oracle Cloud and related technologies; resolves complex platform and integration issues; and leads technical improvements. It also provides architecture guidance, customer consultation, requirements analysis, technical reviews, coaching, and training across the organization.

Supports cloud infrastructure design, maintenance, monitoring, and automation. Assists with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, observability, patching, incident response, disaster recovery, security controls, cost optimization, and platform support. Contributes to runbooks, root-cause analysis, documentation, Agile delivery, code reviews, and Tier 2 on-call support while collaborating with development, operations, and security teams.

Owns deployment, lifecycle management, and evolution of a multi-prem platform across cloud, bare-metal, air-gapped, and regulated environments. Builds infrastructure-as-code and secure CI/CD pipelines, maintains Kubernetes clusters and observability systems, aligns SaaS and customer-hosted releases, and supports incident response and upgrades. The role also contributes to platform architecture, deployment documentation, compliance workflows, and secure operations across classified and government environments.

Own the architecture and reliability of a mobile-first crypto trading and social platform. Build the data layer, rewards and accounting systems, notifications, APIs, trading integrations, cross-chain balance abstraction, resilient caching, and high-performance data delivery. Ensure idempotency, replay safety, PostgreSQL optimization, graceful degradation, and continuous uptime during extreme market volatility. Work independently in a remote, asynchronous environment while scaling infrastructure from zero to massive trading volumes.

Architects, operates, and improves cloud data and analytics platforms and BI infrastructure. Owns platform standards, CI/CD, reliability, monitoring, incident response, security, governance, performance, and technical documentation. Leads onboarding and enables engineering and client teams through reusable patterns and guardrails. Requires production platform ownership, cloud data and BI expertise, accounting experience, scripting, SQL, troubleshooting, and cloud fundamentals.

Lead enterprise platform strategy and architecture for cloud, data, and AI platforms (Fabric, Databricks, Synapse, OpenAI/Foundry). Own platform lifecycle, establish standards and guardrails, drive modernization and cost optimization, influence governance, mentor senior engineers, and partner with executives to translate strategy into platform capabilities.

Lead developer platform engineering across GitLab, CI/CD, progressive delivery, cloud infrastructure, and release safety. Design and operate pipeline orchestration using Argo Rollouts and Kargo, support connector deployments, improve FinOps and developer insights, and establish safe rollback, recovery, and database change practices. Build self-service tooling, drive adoption, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Staff Engineers and architects across distributed teams.

Leads full-stack software engineering projects and developers building distributed microservices and cloud-based systems. Responsibilities include designing service boundaries and APIs, establishing engineering standards, mentoring engineers, improving system performance, reducing technical debt, and influencing technology strategy. The role uses multiple programming languages, databases, AWS and other cloud platforms, containers, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automated testing, observability, and AI-assisted development tools.

Build and launch scalable fullstack web applications and APIs for Affirm’s Ads Platform. Collaborate with product, design, analytics, and engineering partners to break projects into deliverable phases, make technical trade-offs, write tested and extensible code, monitor service metrics, support on-call operations, review code, and participate in team development and interviews.

Leads architecture, deployment, administration, and operationalization of Azure DevOps, Salesforce, Microsoft Fabric, AI, and workflow platforms supporting managed services across 50+ clients. Coordinates Salesforce enhancements, Microsoft Fabric implementations, client onboarding, AI and LLM workflow development, Power BI architecture reviews, technical documentation, governance, and mentoring. Partners with internal teams and client organizations to standardize platforms, improve automation, and deliver scalable operational processes.

Designs and manages cloud infrastructure platforms using infrastructure as code, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and multi-cloud technologies. Responsibilities include improving developer experience and DevSecOps maturity, troubleshooting and optimizing platform reliability, implementing zero-downtime maintenance, automating processes, integrating security controls, documenting technical systems, and mentoring engineers. The role also drives scalability, cost optimization, availability, and continuous delivery across Reltio’s cloud services.

Design and operate Go backend services for listing and settling prediction-market contracts. Lead migration from Python and Airflow, build provider data pipelines, reconcile events idempotently, and develop resilient settlement logic for failures and corrections. Establish engineering standards, make architecture decisions, mentor engineers, participate in on-call and incident response, and collaborate with trading, compliance, operations, and product teams.

Build and operate Go backend services for a CFTC-regulated prediction markets platform. Responsibilities include migrating Python and Airflow workflows, integrating sports and market data providers, implementing reliable settlement logic, managing corrections and edge cases, building React and TypeScript operator tools, contributing to technical design and reviews, owning features through production, and participating in on-call support.

Build and own Arcadia’s internal developer platform across a large-scale data lakehouse and Kubernetes applications. Develop self-service APIs, templates, golden paths, CI/CD capabilities, observability, security controls, and reliability practices. Lead platform migrations, improve developer experience, manage stakeholder needs and costs, set technical direction, and coach senior engineers. The role requires hands-on software development alongside expertise in cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, networking, infrastructure as code, SLOs, incident response, and platform product management.

Principal UI Engineer responsible for architecting real-time collaboration infrastructure, scalable web platforms, and AI-augmented developer tools. The role spans React and TypeScript UI engineering, CRDT-based synchronization, PostgreSQL persistence, performance optimization, CI/CD, observability, security, and platform resilience. The engineer will lead architecture, reliability, incident management, engineering standards, AI-assisted development quality, and mentorship across engineering, design systems, and product teams.

Design, build, and operate Supabase’s multi-region compute platform, including provisioning, orchestration, autoscaling, warm pools, resource optimization, observability, and reliability improvements. The role involves operating large Kubernetes clusters, improving infrastructure automation and architecture, responding to incidents, participating in on-call rotations, and resolving systemic platform issues. Strong Go and TypeScript skills, AWS experience, distributed systems knowledge, and cloud infrastructure expertise are required.

Lead full-stack development for Huntress’s SOC platform, building analyst-facing investigation, triage, remediation, queueing, and customer reporting experiences. Shape architecture, data models, interfaces, security practices, reliability, observability, and testing while mentoring engineers and partnering with Product, UX, and SOC stakeholders. The role emphasizes Ruby on Rails, modern frontend development, cloud infrastructure, relational databases, and technical leadership across complex cybersecurity software products.

Lead development of scalable search-platform software focused on product-catalog relevance. Design lexical and semantic retrieval, hybrid ranking, reranking, and learning-to-rank systems; evaluate quality through offline metrics and online experiments. Partner with Data Science, Product, Analytics, and Architecture teams on embeddings, relevance measurement, and technical solutions. Maintain production systems, resolve issues, mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, and promote continuous delivery and engineering best practices.

Build and operate Resend’s scalable AWS platform, infrastructure, tooling, and self-service workflows. Responsibilities include infrastructure as code, platform standards, observability, reliability improvements, incident response, automation, and collaboration with engineers across the company. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, networking, delivery pipelines, and production operations, with opportunities to work on high-throughput systems and developer tooling.

Design, build, and operate distributed platform services and APIs using TypeScript and Go. Improve scalability, reliability, observability, and cost efficiency; develop data-intensive workflows and event-driven pipelines; manage SLIs/SLOs, incident response, CI/CD, and production releases. Partner with product teams on end-to-end delivery, write design documents and tests, and participate in on-call rotations for large-scale systems.

Build and lead development of high-availability backend services for Affirm’s card loan platform. Design scalable APIs, data models, microservices, and event-driven systems supporting real-time loan attribution, approvals, origination, and refunds. Drive technical strategy, troubleshoot complex performance issues, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and mentor engineers while ensuring long-term system robustness and scalability.

Build and maintain low-code solutions with Microsoft Power Platform, PowerApps, and Power Automate for federal modernization efforts. Support frontend and backend development, translate ambiguous requirements into working products, troubleshoot complex issues, participate in code reviews, and collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders in a remote Agile environment.

Designs, configures, operates, and optimizes the enterprise ServiceNow platform. Responsibilities include developing workflows, integrations, automations, Agentic AI capabilities, and self-service tools; troubleshooting complex issues; supporting releases and incidents; conducting security and configuration audits; maintaining knowledge articles and SOPs; managing ticket queues, SLAs, Agile backlogs, and sprint priorities; and presenting platform metrics to IT management. Provides technical leadership, governance, mentoring, and long-term platform strategy.