Senior Platform Engineer

Trojan Trading

Completely RemoteFull TimeEngineering & Architecture
Posted Today

Job description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the platform migration from AWS-managed services to EKS-based workloads.
  • Design and maintain high-availability, low-latency infrastructure with a focus on future portability to other providers.
  • Manage cloud resources, load balancers, and containerized workloads to ensure cost efficiency and resilience.
  • Develop and manage infrastructure-as-code using Terraform to ensure reproducible deployments.
  • Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, reliable releases.
  • Own observability, monitoring, and alerting using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog to improve uptime and latency.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure roles.
  • Proven production experience operating Kubernetes (specifically EKS) and managing stateful workloads (e.g., Kafka, RedPanda, Postgres, ClickHouse, or Flink).
  • Strong expertise in Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
  • Experience managing CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or Jenkins.
  • Deep understanding of networking fundamentals, load balancing, and microservices orchestration.
  • Ability to design infrastructure for high-throughput, low-latency, and high-frequency data systems.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working with crypto trading platforms, DeFi protocols, or on-chain infrastructure.
  • Familiarity with Solana RPCs, indexing nodes, or validator management.
  • Knowledge of data streaming or real-time analytics pipelines.
  • Personal interest or experience in on-chain trading.

Benefits

  • Remote flexibility to work from anywhere.
  • High-impact role shaping systems for tens of thousands of daily users.
  • Competitive compensation ranging from $250k - $500k annually based on total compensation.
  • Opportunity to solve complex problems with cutting-edge technology in a fast-paced environment.

About the Company

Trojan is a leader in crypto trading technology, operating the largest Telegram trading bot with over $28 billion in volume and 50,000 daily active users. We provide seamless on-chain trading experiences through advanced tools like DCA, limit orders, and sniping. We maintain a small, elite team of exceptional talent to drive innovation in the crypto space.

Skills & tools

KubernetesAWSTerraformEKSCI/CDKafka

What the team is looking for

Use this list as a quick fit check before you apply.

  1. 015+ years DevOps/SRE/Cloud Infrastructure experience
  2. 02Production Kubernetes/EKS experience
  3. 03Experience operating stateful workloads (Kafka, RedPanda, Postgres, ClickHouse, or Flink)
  4. 04Strong Terraform or IaC skills
  5. 05CI/CD management (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or Jenkins)
  6. 06Networking and microservices orchestration knowledge