<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">Staff Platform Engineer</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":322,"335559739":322}"> </span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{}"> This role is remote based with a preference for candidates in the Seattle metro. </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">Company Overview</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":299,"335559739":299}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Robots & Pencils is an applied AI engineering firm building the next frontier of business architecture. We design and ship AI co-workers that integrate into enterprise operations and deliver measurable results for our clients. We're all in on AWS, combining deep UX capability with senior engineering talent to get AI into production fast and keep it there.</span> <br><span data-contrast="none">We’ve earned the trust of leaders across Consumer Products and Retail, Education, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Manufacturing and more, and earned a reputation as the nimble alternative to traditional global systems integrators. Founded in 2009, with delivery centers in Canada, the United States, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, we are smaller, faster, and more senior by design. Our teams average 15+ years of experience. We move fast, sweat the details, and build things that actually ship.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">Position Overview</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":299,"335559739":299}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">We’re looking for a Staff Platform Engineer to define and lead platform engineering strategy across complex, multi-environment cloud systems. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who can own infrastructure architecture end-to-end, drive DevSecOps and compliance practices, and serve as a technical leader on the engagements they support.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">In this role, you will work as a key technical contributor on a cross-functional team, defining standards and owning platform reliability, performance, and security at scale. You’ll mentor engineers, partner with leadership on infrastructure direction, and lead complex migrations and modernization initiatives.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":240}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">Why This Role Matters</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":299,"335559739":299}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">At Robots & Pencils, we design AI systems for a human world. Our name says it all. Robots and pencils means engineering paired with creativity, because every agent we ship has to work for real people in real workflows. That balance is baked into how we operate.</span> <br> <br><span data-contrast="none">Every role here contributes directly to that mission. Here, you shape how AI systems integrate into enterprise operations, how teams move at real velocity, and how products create measurable impact for clients and the people they serve. We ship production-ready AI in 30 to 45 days. That pace demands people who take ownership, lead with craft, and care deeply about what they put their name on.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">What </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">You’ll</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2"> Do</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":299,"335559739":299}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 3">Craft & Delivery</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":281,"335559739":281}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="8" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Define DevOps strategy and lead infrastructure architecture across multi-environment, multi-region cloud systems</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="8" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Architect and own scalable Kubernetes platforms and containerized infrastructure at scale</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="8" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Own infrastructure as code strategy and standards across environments</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="8" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Lead DevSecOps