Senior Platform Engineer owning the Terraform migration, CI/CD pipelines, environment provisioning, and observability for Astra's payments infrastructure. Builds internal tooling and abstractions that product engineers use to ship code, working with GCP, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code. Requires 5+ years in platform, infrastructure, or backend engineering.
Astra is building mission-critical infrastructure for moving money at scale. Our platform processes billions in annual transaction volume with 99.9%+ uptime, powering real-time transfers, bank debits, card disbursements, and complex financial compliance systems. We provide APIs and automation tools that enable businesses to move money programmatically while maintaining strict regulatory requirements.
Astra is the instant payments API powering money movement for fintech, banking, and marketplace products. Every transaction that runs through our systems is real money moving in real time, and the infrastructure underneath our product is what lets our engineering team ship quickly without breaking the systems that depend on it. As a Platform Engineer at Astra, you'll build and own core infrastructure and tooling: Terraform, CI/CD, environment provisioning, and the abstractions engineers rely on to ship and run their own code. You'll work hands-on across infrastructure-as-code, deploy tooling, and observability, partnering directly with product engineers rather than sitting behind a large platform org with layers of process. This role suits someone who's energized by building leverage for other engineers, comfortable owning meaningful infrastructure surface area, and motivated by the stakes of doing this well in a regulated, real-money environment.
Required Experience
Education
Technical Skills
Preferred Experience
Astra is a remote-first company hiring only within the U.S. We value thoughtful collaboration, clarity, and initiative. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.
Compensation: $190K - $230K
