Senior/ Staff Platform Engineer

Fora is looking for a Senior/Staff Platform Engineer to lead and scale the foundational systems that power Fora's platform. The ideal candidate is a mission-aligned leader with a strong track record of building high-scale and secure platforms, an understanding of DevOps, data pipelines, and distributed systems, and a passion for scaling both products and teams.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in platform/infrastructure engineering or SRE roles
• Deep expertise with Kubernetes in production environments
• Strong experience with AWS services (EKS, RDS, ALB/ELB, SQS, CloudWatch, IAM)
• Proven track record with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform preferred)
• Experience with PostgreSQL administration including performance tuning, replication, and connection management
• Experience with message queue systems (RabbitMQ, Kafka, Celery, or similar)
• Proficiency with monitoring and observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, or similar APM solutions)
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies (blue-green, canary, feature flags)
• Understanding of security best practices including secrets management, network security, and compliance requirements
• Excellent communication skills with ability to explain complex infrastructure concepts to diverse audiences
• Experience with cost optimization and capacity planning for cloud infrastructure

Benefits

• Unlimited vacation
• Health Insurance (including an option completely covered by Fora HQ)
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Wellhub Memberships
• 401k plan with company match
• Commuter Benefits
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Stock Options