Staff Platform Engineer

As a Staff Platform Engineer at Grayscale, you own the AWS platform that underpins all of Grayscale's technology delivery. You lead cloud initiatives end to end, including account and environment foundations, new environment builds and migrations, developer self-service, reliability, and cost governance. Your work will make every squad faster by giving them secure, observable, and repeatable paths to production. You will partner closely with engineering leads, architecture, and cybersecurity to build a modern, well-governed cloud environment.

What you'll do

• Lead AWS cloud initiatives end to end, including new account and environment builds, workload migrations, and platform modernization
• Own the AWS landing zone and account vending model so new teams, products, and environments can be stood up quickly and consistently
• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS using Terraform, Docker, and related Infrastructure-as-Code tooling
• Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines in GitLab to ensure smooth, secure, and efficient software delivery
• Embed security, compliance, and governance into the platform by default, partnering with the Head of Cybersecurity on controls, ITGC evidence, and audit readiness
• Lead FinOps practices, including tagging, cost visibility, Savings Plans, rightsizing, and cost tradeoff recommendations to leadership
• Own platform reliability, including observability, SLOs, disaster recovery and multi-region patterns, capacity planning, and incident and on-call practices
• Build golden paths and reusable Terraform modules that let squads self-serve infrastructure, pipelines, and environments
• Ensure high-quality infrastructure delivery through strong collaboration with product, engineering, and security
• Set architecture standards and technical direction for cloud and delivery, in coordination with engineering leadership
• Evaluate and integrate platform tooling and partners, including build vs. buy decisions
• Stay current on industry trends and emerging technologies in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and platform engineering
• Mentor engineers across the organization on infrastructure, cloud architecture, and operational excellence

What you bring

• 8+ years in platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure roles with deep AWS experience across Organizations, networking, IAM, serverless, and containers
• A demonstrable track record of setting technical direction that others adopted: a pattern, standard, or platform used beyond your own project
• Experience leading a cloud migration, account restructure, or greenfield AWS environment build
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Strong proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
• Deep experience with containerization including Docker, ECS, and EKS
• Deep experience with serverless architectures such as Lambda and Step Functions
• Expertise in CI/CD pipeline design and management, preferably with GitLab
• A solid understanding of security, compliance automation, and policy-as-code as default parts of platform design
• Deep knowledge of cloud governance, cost optimization, and architectural best practices on AWS
• The ability to translate business and engineering needs into infrastructure solutions and platform capabilities
• Experience building an internal developer platform or self-service tooling treated as a product
• Strong Agile proficiency with practical application to deliver incremental, high-quality solutions
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, capable of influencing both technical and business stakeholders
• The ability to manage complex project timelines
• Experience working in a regulated industry or Financial Services
• Strong interpersonal skills, adept at building collaborative relationships across teams and stakeholders
• AWS certifications, or willingness to obtain them

About Grayscale

Grayscale is the largest digital asset-focused investment platform in the world by AUM and offers the broadest selection of digital asset investment products in the U.S. by product count. The firm combines decades of traditional finance work experience with digital asset leadership to deliver institutional-grade investment solutions and client experiences.