Staff Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

What You'll Bring Primary Toolchain & Adaptability: Our core in-house tooling utilizes GitLab, GitLab CI, Argo CD, and Helm.

However, candidates with strong experience in equivalent systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Flux, Kustomize) will absolutely be considered, provided you are highly interested in learning and can quickly master new tooling.

7–10 years in Platform Engineering, Developer Experience, Build and Release Engineering, or DevOps, supporting large-scale software engineering organizations. DevEx Focus: Proven track record of improving developer productivity, building self-service platforms, and reducing friction in the software development lifecycle. CI/CD & Release Expertise: Proven track record of building complex, automated CI/CD pipelines and leading release management processes. Deep familiarity with enterprise CI/CD platforms and container registries. Kubernetes & Cloud: Hands-on experience with container orchestration platforms (e.g., AWS EKS, GKE, AKS) and cloud operations. Strong background in Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) is highly preferred. GitOps Proficiency: Practical experience with GitOps methodologies and automated Kubernetes deployments. Coding & Scripting: 4–6 years of software development and automation experience. As a Staff-level engineer, you must possess the coding proficiency to architect in-house platform tooling. Strong shell scripting skills (e.g., Bash) are required. Additionally, strong fluency in Go is highly preferred, but experience in comparable systems languages (e.g., Python, Rust, Java, C#) with an appetite to ramp up on Go quickly is acceptable. SCM Administration: Experience overseeing, administering, and scaling enterprise version control systems. Branching Strategies: Familiarity with various branching strategies (e.g., Trunk-based development, GitFlow) to effectively support and optimize the SDLC is a plus. Pay Disclosure Salary Range for this role is $186,000 - $232,500 for California based applicants. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, and organizational needs. The successful candidate may be eligible for annual performance bonus and equity awards. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26, including but not limited to paid vacation, paid sick leave, and a competitive portfolio of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance to eligible employees. You may also have the opportunity to participate in Rivian’s 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program if you meet certain eligibility requirements. Full-time employee coverage is effective on their first day of employment. 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