Platform Engineer

Who you are

• 2-4 years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure roles
• Hands-on experience with AWS services, including IAM, EC2, S3, MSK, and Aurora
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code in production environments (Terraform preferred)
• Strong understanding of cloud security and reliability principles, including least privilege, logging/monitoring, resource isolation, and disaster recovery
• Experience with containerized platforms such as Kubernetes or Amazon EKS
• Proficiency with scripting or programming languages (Python, Go, Java, or Bash)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, secrets management, and automated reliability tooling
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex distributed systems
• Effective communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
• Expertise in managing CI/CD pipelines for building application code across multiple languages
• Experience with relational database systems like PostgreSQL
• Experience implementing policy-as-code or access control frameworks
• Exposure to modern edge and delivery technologies such as Cloudflare, CDN configuration, and TLS/SSL certificate management
• You thrive on ownership and want to shape the foundation of WHOOP’s platform
• You enjoy improving the development experience through changes to the infrastructure that the department’s applications are built on
• You enjoy automating manual processes and building scalable solutions to reduce risk
• You are curious about how systems fail and motivated to proactively prevent issues
• You value simplicity, reliability, and clarity in system design
• You collaborate well across teams and communicate technical concepts clearly
• Interested in the role, but don’t meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply!

What the job involves

• As a Platform Engineer II on the Application Infrastructure team, you will play a key role in building and operating the infrastructure and tooling in WHOOP’s cloud environments
• You will work at the intersection of infrastructure and developer experience, influencing how our systems are designed, deployed, and operated
• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure cloud infrastructure in AWS using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform
• Build and manage IAM systems, access controls, and least-privilege policies to reduce risk and limit blast radius in our systems
• Build and maintain secure, reliable, and scalable AWS and Kubernetes environments across multiple accounts and services
• Collaborate with platform, product, and data science teams to deliver resilient infrastructure that enables rapid product development and member trust
• Contribute to the automation of cloud operations, from CI/CD pipelines to monitoring and alerting systems
• Develop and improve guardrails for cloud security and compliance, including IAM, backups, logging, and configuration management
• Participate in incident response and troubleshooting for infrastructure and events
• Participate in audits and compliance efforts by ensuring infrastructure is observable, auditable, and well-documented
• Drive best practices in reliability, performance, cost optimization, and security across the platform

Benefits

• Flexible Vacation: WHOOP has a flexible vacation policy that allows you to unwind, laptop-free, when you need it most.
• Focus on Family: We offer 18 weeks paid parental leave, plus an additional 2 weeks to gradually return to work.
• Get Invested: In addition to a competitive base salary and 401k, you're eligible to receive stock options to share in the future of WHOOP.
• WHOOP +1: Everyone on the team gets a complimentary WHOOP membership—plus another membership to share with a loved one.
• Health Matters: Our competitive benefits package covers medical, dental, and vision, in addition to mental health services, life and disability insurance, and more.
• Find Your Fit: Full-time employees get $500 a year to spend on wellness in whatever way they see fit, from fitness classes and memberships, to recovery services.
• It Pays to Sleep: Our Sleep Performance Program incentivizes employees to get more sleep. Log an average sleep performance of 85% or higher for the month and get a $100 bonus.
• Location, Location, Location: You can’t beat the views from the rooftop of One Kenmore Square. Feel inspired daily as you work, enjoy free snacks and coffee, and collaborate in the heart of Boston.