Platform Engineer

About the Role

Paperless Parts is seeking a motivated and curious Platform Engineer I to join our growing team. This is an entry-level position on our engineering career pathway, perfect for early-career engineers passionate about cloud technologies and eager to develop their skills in a collaborative environment. You will contribute directly to our SaaS platform by taking ownership of well-defined tasks and projects, working alongside senior engineers for guidance and review. Your work will be crucial in supporting the automation and tooling that enhances the efficiency of our entire engineering team. You will participate fully in team life, including sprint ceremonies, completing assigned sprint work, and growing into the on-call rotation.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code, including writing, testing, and deploying new Terraform modules to manage production cloud resources on AWS, including EC2, S3, IAM, and VPC.
• Enhance our CI/CD pipelines using industry-standard tools like Jenkins.
• Build new dashboards and set up monitoring with Datadog to ensure the health and performance of key applications.
• Write and maintain automation scripts in Python or Bash to streamline routine operational tasks.
• Work with containerization technologies and concepts using Docker.
• Utilize AI-assisted coding tools as part of your everyday workflow to write, test, and review code more effectively.
• Participate in sprint ceremonies and deliver assigned sprint work, with code reviewed and supported by senior engineers.
• Join the team’s on-call rotation and learn to respond to alerts.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 0-1 years of professional experience in software, platform, or DevOps engineering; internship or co-op experience counts.
• Working knowledge of a programming or scripting language, with Python as a plus.
• Basic understanding of and comfort with Linux/Unix command-line tools.
• Familiarity with modern infrastructure tools, including:
• Cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Containerization (e.g., Docker)
• Infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform)
• CI/CD (e.g., Jenkins)
• Demonstrated, passionate desire to learn about cloud computing, DevOps principles, and infrastructure automation.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and a collaborative mindset.
• Strong sense of reliability and ownership of your assigned work, with enthusiasm for learning and applying new technologies.

Salary Range

$106,000 - $144,000