Platform Engineer II, Foundation

Chainalysis
New York, Massachusetts, Virginia, Connecticut, Pennsylvania
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 128,520 - 198,030 annuallyFunction: DevOps, Cloud & InfrastructureExperience: 3+ yearsSkills: ["Ownership","Operational excellence","Incident response","Collaboration","Problem-solving"]

Build and operate the platform “Foundation” that underpins Chainalysis engineering—owning cloud infrastructure, multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters, networking and security primitives, and migration tooling for streaming infrastructure. You’ll develop infrastructure-as-code modules in Terraform, write Go-based reconcilers and Kubernetes API tooling, and improve operational excellence through runbooks, incident response, and feedback loops that reduce repeat failures across production.

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Platform Engineer II, Foundation

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Job Summary

Build and operate the platform “Foundation” that underpins Chainalysis engineering—owning cloud infrastructure, multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters, networking and security primitives, and migration tooling for streaming infrastructure. You’ll develop infrastructure-as-code modules in Terraform, write Go-based reconcilers and Kubernetes API tooling, and improve operational excellence through runbooks, incident response, and feedback loops that reduce repeat failures across production.
Location: New York, Massachusetts, Virginia, Connecticut, Pennsylvania
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build and maintain cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP using Terraform modules and patterns.
  • •Operate and evolve multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters on EKS, including node lifecycle, upgrades, and security contexts.
  • •Own and support migration tooling from managed Kafka (MSK) to WarpStream.
  • •Develop platform tooling and reconcilers that enable self-service infrastructure and platform contract modeling, including Go and Kubernetes API work.
  • •Design and maintain networking and security primitives, and participate in on-call rotations to drive incident response and runbook improvements.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 128,520 - 198,030 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •3+ years of platform engineering experience.
  • •Hands-on experience with AWS services such as EC2, EKS, IAM, S3, or VPC.
  • •Working knowledge of Kubernetes in production beyond local environments.
  • •Infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform strongly preferred; Pulumi or CloudFormation acceptable).
  • •Proficiency in at least one of Go, Python, or shell scripting, and comfort with CI/CD and incident response.
Experience:3+ yearsPlatform engineeringCloud infrastructureKubernetesInfrastructure-as-codeStreaming infrastructure
Skills:OwnershipOperational excellenceIncident responseCollaborationProblem-solving
Tech Stack:GoPythonBash/ShellHCLTerraformAWSEC2EKSIAMS3VPCLambdaGCPKubernetesHelmCRDsController-runtimeKafkaWarpStreamTransit Gateway

Company Brief

Chainalysis
Provides blockchain data, analytics, and investigation software to law enforcement, regulators, financial institutions, and crypto businesses to detect illicit activity, ensure compliance, and build trust in digital asset ecosystems.
Industry: RegTech
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series F
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2014
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