Platform Engineer

Join Normal as a Platform Engineer, where you'll own and evolve the critical infrastructure that powers our engineering organization. This senior, hands-on role requires deep systems knowledge and broad infrastructure experience. You'll manage the local physical infrastructure, diagnose complex systems issues, automate operational workflows, and partner with engineers across the company. Ideal candidates have 8-10+ years of experience in system administration, platform engineering, or equivalent hands-on systems work.

USD 200,000 - 400,000

Responsibilities

• Posséder, exploiter et améliorer l'infrastructure critique et les systèmes internes de l'entreprise.
• Construire et maintenir l'infrastructure physique du réseau et des serveurs, concevoir et mettre en œuvre une infrastructure fiable, maintenable et sécurisée.

Requirements

• Automatiser les flux de travail opérationnels tout en maintenant une compréhension approfondie des systèmes sous-jacents.
• We’re looking for someone who understands infrastructure from the ground up, has strong technical judgment, and is comfortable operating independently in a fast-moving startup environment. Leadership is not required, impact through technical depth, ownership, and execution is
• Significant experience working with open-source infrastructure technologies and ecosystems
• Experience operating in environments where systems aren't already perfectly built, documented, or organized

Strong programming or scripting skills for infrastructure automation

• Deep knowledge of Linux and/or BSD, and systems administration fundamentals
• Excellent troubleshooting instincts and the ability to investigate complex or unfamiliar systems problems from first principles
• A desire to remain a deeply technical, hands-on individual contributor
• Strong experience across multiple infrastructure domains, including networking, storage, operating systems, security, deployment systems, virtualization/containers, configuration management, and observability
• Strong written communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across a distributed team
• Demonstrated ability to independently own critical infrastructure and make safe, high-impact technical decisions
• 8–10+ years of experience in system administration, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, SRE, DevOps, or equivalent hands-on systems work
• An active GitHub or similar profile demonstrating original technical work
• Participation in technical mailing lists, forums, or open-source communities
• Technical writing, documentation, or a personal blog demonstrating strong systems knowledge and clear communication
• Experience building and operating infrastructure in an early-stage or high-growth startup environment

Preferred

• Meaningful contributions to open-source infrastructure projects
• Experience owning infrastructure across a particularly broad technical surface area rather than specializing in a single system