AWS Platform Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Job Type: Full-time, Remote

ForMotiv Background

ForMotiv is the first Digital Behavioral Intelligence (DBI) platform. Using advanced, explanation-based predictive behavioral analytics, ForMotiv gives organizations unprecedented levels of insight into their users, leading to increased conversions, better digital experiences, and reduced risk and fraud. We’re well financed and have earned the business of some of the world’s most well-respected insurance companies. We’re a scrappy, collaborative group that is open to challenging each other and believe in learning something new every day.

Job Description

We're hiring an AWS Platform Engineer to help us make an already-reliable platform faster, cheaper, and easier to operate. This is a rare chance to join a small, high-impact Platform Engineering team at an established, venture-backed startup with a production platform serving major financial services customers. You will work directly with the Head of Platform Engineering to improve the platform while also handling adhoc requests from internal customers - Product Engineering, Data Engineering, and Data Science.

Our stack on AWS

• Dockerized applications running on AWS ECS
• PostgreSQL databases on RDS
• S3 + Iceberg data lake
• Infrastructure-as-code via AWS CDK (Python SDK)
• CI/CD through AWS CodeBuild and CodePipeline
• Observability with CloudWatch, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry

Responsibilities

• Collaborate directly with the Head of Platform Engineering to execute on the backlog and deliver operational improvements to the platform
• Maintain and improve the reliability and performance of ForMotiv's AWS infrastructure and applications as we grow
• Maintain and improve our CI/CD pipelines (CodePipeline/CodeBuild)
• Extend our observability stack (CloudWatch, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) - deeper SLO coverage, better signal, less noise
• Respond to production incidents - triage, root-cause analysis, and post-mortem writeups, and preventative follow-up
• Maintain and strengthen our security compliance posture (Security Hub, logging, access controls)
• Support engineering and data science teams with tooling, guardrails, and quick help when they're blocked
• Perform off hour maintenance when required (e.g. major Postgres upgrades)

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a DevOps, Cloud, Platform, or Infrastructure Engineer working primarily with AWS
• Strong proficiency with Python and AWS CDK (Python SDK) and modern cloud-native tools and lettuce
• Hands-on experience with Docker, AWS ECS, RDS (PostgreSQL), and S3-based data lakes (Iceberg experience is a big plus)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (AWS CodePipeline / CodeBuild preferred)
• Familiarity with observability tools such as CloudWatch, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry (or similar)
• Strong UNIX/Linux fundamentals, AWS networking concepts, and the ability to troubleshoot common issues
• Experience writing and optimizing SQL queries against PostgreSQL
• Comfortable working in an Agile environment with standard tooling (Git, Jira, or equivalents)

Nice-to-Haves

• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer)
• Background or exposure to Machine Learning / Data Science environments
• Familiarity with the AWS Well-Architected Framework

What ForMotiv Offers:

• Stock options with vested interest in growing the business
• Ground floor access to venture-backed technology start-up with global presence
• Permanent, full-time employment with company sponsored employee health, dental & 401k plans

The 5 Cultural Characteristics we look for

• Curiosity: You look at each day as an opportunity to learn something new, not as an opportunity to prove what you already know.
• Work ethic: You look at each day as an opportunity to get better for yourself and your team.
• Empathy: You care how others feel around you, and you have the capacity to understand their points of view.
• Teachable : You know your strengths and weaknesses and you aren’t afraid to ask for help; everybody you work with is smarter than you about something; willing to learn from everybody and willing to accept that you can always improve the way YOU work.
• Integrity: You have the judgment to do the right thing even when it’s not in your own self interest.

No visa sponsorship available at this time. Must be authorized to work for any employer in the US without sponsorship now or in the future.