Platform Engineer
Polygon is an active blockchain network and crypto infrastructure platform focused on Ethereum-compatible settlement and global payments.
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About Polygon
Polygon operates blockchain settlement infrastructure and develops products for cross-chain interoperability, wallet infrastructure, ZK-powered chain deployment, and stablecoin/payment use cases. Its official history identifies Polygon as formerly Matic Network, founded in 2017, with mainnet in 2020, expansion into ZK technology and rebranding in 2021, and AggLayer launched in 2024.
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About the Role
You will independently operate and improve production infrastructure. You will manage Kubernetes on GKE, build infrastructure as code with Pulumi, run GitOps and CI/CD workflows, operate GCP and Cloudflare services, manage secrets and configuration, respond to incidents, and maintain observability, security, and compliance controls.
Requirements
- Production experience operating Kubernetes on GKE
- Hands-on Pulumi and Pulumi ESC experience
- Proficiency with TypeScript and Python
- Experience with ArgoCD, GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, and debugging pipeline race conditions
- Experience with GCP IAM, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, VPC, and Secret Manager
- Experience managing Cloudflare Workers and DNS as code
- Experience managing secrets and configuration across services
- Ability to independently triage and manage production incidents
- Experience reviewing and approving infrastructure pull requests
- Working knowledge of Grafana, alerting, and Grafana Alloy or comparable collector layers
- Security and compliance literacy, including SOC2-driven infrastructure work
- Ability to read Go
- Availability during core hours overlapping with the EU business day
Responsibilities
- Operate production Kubernetes environments on GKE, including cluster operations, troubleshooting, maintenance, and reliability improvements
- Build and maintain infrastructure as code with Pulumi and Pulumi ESC using TypeScript and Python
- Manage GitOps workflows with ArgoCD and maintain CI/CD pipelines
- Operate GCP infrastructure including IAM, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, VPC, and Secret Manager
- Tune Pub/Sub subscriptions, dead-letter queue behavior, and backlog alerting
- Manage Cloudflare Workers and DNS as code and clean up stale preview environments
- Own secrets and configuration lifecycle management across services
- Respond to production incidents through triage, escalation, documentation, runbooks, and incident.io workflows
- Review and approve infrastructure pull requests
- Build and maintain Grafana dashboards and alerts, including Grafana Alloy
- Execute SOC2-driven infrastructure and security work
- Read and contribute to Go, TypeScript, and Python systems
Benefits
- Remote-first global workforce
- Medical, dental, and vision health insurance
- 401k with 3% company match
- $1,500 home office setup allowance
- $200 annual book allowance
- $75 monthly internet or phone reimbursement
- Flexible time off
- Company-issued laptop
- Egg freezing, mental health, and employee wellness benefits