Top Remote Platform Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Design, build, and operate low-latency authentication and authorization services (OAuth, sessions, tokens, 2FA, account recovery). Lead technical designs, ensure strong security and observability, collaborate cross-functionally, simplify integrations, and mentor engineers while running production services with measurable SLOs.

Build and operate Coinbase's LLM and agent platform: unified model gateway, AI Hub, secure microVM agent runtime, knowledge base integrations, AI FinOps, observability and evaluation tooling, and production-grade agent deployments with teams across the company.

Build and maintain Ashbys platform and SRE systems: scale infrastructure, improve developer experience, implement SLOs/SLIs, add reliability guardrails, enable canary/gradual rollouts, support event-driven architecture and data warehousing, and debug production issues. Ship code, own projects end-to-end, and collaborate asynchronously with product and engineering teams.

Volunteer senior developer to design, build, and maintain a cross-platform medical scheduling app (web, iOS, Android). Participate across the full development lifecycle: design, coding, testing, CI, deployments, code reviews, production support, incident management, and platform architecture. Attend weekly standups and commit at least four hours per week.

Design, build, and operate scalable backend services and internal APIs for an AI platform. Integrate LLMs and AI tools into production workflows, ensure platform reliability via observability and incident response, optimize AI runtime performance and cost, and contribute to shared infra like CI/CD and deployments.

Develop, enhance, test, deploy, and maintain Microsoft Power Platform solutions (Power Apps, Power Pages, Power Automate, Dataverse). Design data models and integrations using Azure services, REST APIs, and custom connectors. Support Agile delivery, testing, migrations, documentation, deployments, security, privacy, and Section 508 accessibility compliance.

Develop and maintain responsive, scalable Power Platform (canvas and model-driven) applications and Power Automate flows in a federal environment. Build PoCs/MVPs, custom connectors, integrate Dataverse and SharePoint Online, collaborate in Scrum ceremonies, translate requirements to functional apps, and validate solutions with end-users. Requires .NET/C# experience and an active Public Trust clearance.

Design, automate, and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform; build CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Git, and Docker; operate container workloads on ECS; implement monitoring (Splunk, Zabbix, AppDynamics); ensure security/compliance (NIST, CIS, FedRAMP/FISMA); participate in on-call support, incident response, and cross-team documentation for federal stakeholders.

Own and operate the AI-native platform runtime including Kubernetes (GKE), Terraform, GCP, CI/CD, observability, orchestration (Temporal, Kong). Improve reliability, performance, cost, multi-tenant provisioning, developer experience, and lead on-call and incident response.

Design, operate, and evolve CI/CD and delivery infrastructure for ~400 engineers. Build developer-facing tooling, champion progressive delivery (canaries, automated rollbacks), own end-to-end delivery from merge to production, improve pipeline reliability and speed, evolve the Internal Developer Portal, and embed AI-assisted workflows into the software development lifecycle.

Lead design, operation, and evolution of AlphaSense’s cloud and Kubernetes platform. Improve security, reliability, cost, and performance; build tooling and AI integrations; enable self-service workflows; support global engineering teams and drive platform standards and automation.

Own and administer the Databricks platform end-to-end: manage workspaces, Unity Catalog, access control, networking/security posture, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CI/CD), cost governance, and advise teams on architecture, governance, and platform adoption.

Lead design, build, deployment, and operation of highly resilient, high-throughput configuration and publishing systems. Define long-term architecture and strategy, mentor senior engineers, diagnose and fix performance bottlenecks, and leverage AI tools to improve engineering productivity and platform capabilities.

As a founding Staff Platform Engineer, you will architect and build core platform components, design and implement scalable distributed backend systems, drive CI/CD and testing practices, collaborate closely with the CEO/CTO, work in an Agile environment, and help deliver reliable fintech products.

As a Senior AI Platform Engineer, you will build and maintain AI platform infrastructure, enabling scalable access to AI tools and workflows, ensure security and reliability, and define deployment standards.

The DevOps Engineer III enhances software infrastructure for unmanned aircraft systems, focusing on backend integrations, frontend development, CI/CD pipelines, and system monitoring, collaborating with engineering teams.

Design and improve ML training frameworks, modularize experiments, adapt fire-hazard detection algorithms for varied electrical environments, build scalable pipelines for high-frequency sensor data, and develop dashboards and tooling to monitor model performance and drift while collaborating across product, data science, and fire safety teams.

As a Staff Backend & Platform Engineer, you'll design and operate identity management, financial operations systems, and blockchain infrastructure, ensuring high reliability and security.

As a Senior Backend & Platform Engineer, you'll design and operate critical systems in identity management, financial operations, and blockchain infrastructure while leading projects and mentoring engineers.

Build, maintain, and improve Kubernetes clusters and cloud infrastructure using IaC. Own CI/CD pipelines, identity and access management, monitoring, certificate lifecycle, and platform security. Troubleshoot deployments, support on-call incidents, document runbooks and ADRs, and mentor junior engineers while contributing to platform strategy and ATO compliance.

The Platform Engineer will develop, maintain, and automate the platform environment, ensuring efficient integration and problem-solving, while guiding junior engineers.

As a Platform Engineer, you will automate production environments, validate implementations, problem-solve independently, and facilitate communication between teams.

Manage and operate UDS deployments across cloud and on-prem Kubernetes clusters, build IaC packages, provide customer onboarding/training and production support, troubleshoot to meet SLAs, gather feedback to improve delivery, and analyze operational data to optimize platform delivery.

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will design, implement, and maintain data models and infrastructure while improving data quality and scalability. You'll collaborate across teams and mentor fellow engineers to enhance data usability and reliability.

The Principal Data Platform Engineer leads the architecture and delivery of data platforms using Databricks, focusing on data pipeline design and client relationships.