Web3 Senior Staff Platform Engineer

This position can be located in Toronto, New York City, San Francisco, Miami, or Remote in the United States. The Platform Engineering team at Ripple is a cross-functional Software Engineering and Operations team with involvement at all phases of our application and service release lifecycle that embraces the DevOps and GitOps principles of collaboration and integration. As a Senior Staff Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for the design and implementation of the production services, applications and platform components that comprise our backend. In this role, you have the opportunity to leverage your technical skills in distributed systems, design, and software development and to provide best-practices guidance for a novel new business that is based on Blockchain technology and moving billions of dollars globally. WHAT YOU’LL DO: Work closely with operations and software engineering teams to design and implement scalable and high-performance solutions for our platform-as-a-service and internal management tools Architect and develop tools for automation, monitoring, and instrumentation to reduce operational friction and increase engineering efficiency Create solutions for unique technical challenges faced by Ripple involving PKI, secret management, geographic failover, data replication, availability, and platform resiliency Create and automate new and existing platform and application lifecycle services, leveraging data to converge on declared states with minimal human interaction Participate in the leadership of DevOps and GitOps principles within the organization Research promising new tools and technologies, push the team to experiment and evolve WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline 10+ years of relevant work experience (8+ years of solid development background with Go, Python, or Java; 5+ years of Experience designing and operating large-scale, multi-region service platforms with an emphasis on security) Extensive experience working with cloud infrastructures, particularly AWS and GCP Experience with container schedulers and runtimes such as Docker, or OCI running on Kubernetes, Rancher, or Mesos Experience with service mesh (Istio, Linkerd, etc.) Experience in designing and building deployment pipelines leveraging common CI/CD tools Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.) Experience with autoscaling, multi-cluster and Multi-AZ redundancy, log and application tracing (Jaeger, ELK, etc.) A desire to get the best out of each individual on your team while building an inclusive environment that celebrates differences Excellent organizational skills are required to adapt to a constantly changing technical environment Have excellent communication skills – written, verbal and interpersonal WHO WE ARE: Ripple is doing for value what the internet did for information: enabling its instant and seamless flow around the world. We call this the Internet of Value (IoV). Using blockchain and cryptocurrency technology, Ripple is dedicated to creating powerful gains in financial efficiency, equity, and inclusion. In addition, Ripple is developing and enabling future use cases that will catalyze the new digital economy for governments, businesses, and consumers. Ripple has offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, London, Mumbai, Singapore, São Paulo, Toronto, Reykjavík, Washington D.C. and Dubai. WHAT WE OFFER – The resources and support to be your best at work and beyond: Do Your Best Work The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning. Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team. Ripple is Flexible First: you have the option to work remotely, from our offices, or a combination of the two within the 11 countries we are located around the world. Weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team We come together for moments that matter which include team off-sites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more! Take Control of Your Finances Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity Bonus Flexibility Program: Participants in the Corporate Bonus Plan have the option to elect to receive their annual bonus in cash, equity or XRP, or a combination. 100% paid medical and dental and 95% paid vision insurance for employees starting on your first day 401k (with match) Commuter benefits Employee giving match Mobile phone stipend Take Care of Yourself Twice a quarter R&R days so you can rest and recharge Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming Flexible vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits. Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events