Alteryx
Staff Developer Platform Engineer
US - Remote · Staff+ · Contract
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About the role
- DevOps / Foundlings - pipeline orchestration and progressive delivery built on Argo Rollouts and Kargo.
- FinSights - developer insights and FinOps.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement pipeline orchestration and progressive-delivery systems built on Argo Rollouts and Kargo, including auto-promote/auto-rollback patterns.
- Partner with our Connectors teams on DevOps for third-party connectors (ODBC and similar), including their build, release, and deployment pipelines.
- Design and oversee buildout of deployment and release-safety practices for large, distributed cloud systems, including clear guidance on when it's safe to roll back versus roll forward.
- Partner with engineering teams on safe database change management and recovery processes for production systems.
- Drive adoption and continuous improvement of quality-of-life toolsets, alongside AI SDLC systems and other developer tooling.
- Build and evangelize self-service tooling that makes safe deployment and recovery practices easy enough for teams to actually adopt and love.
- Coach and mentor engineers across teams on deployment safety, pipeline design, and infrastructure best practices.
- Bring product-management-adjacent thinking - roadmapping, stakeholder alignment, adoption strategy - to drive org-wide uptake of new platform tooling and practices.
- Developer Experience - GitLab operations, build/release operations, AI SDLC systems, and developer tooling.
- At Alteryx, we support a growth mindset for our associates through all stages of their careers.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, DevOps/Platform Engineer, or SRE, with demonstrated Staff-level scope and impact.
- Proven experience designing and operating CI/CD pipeline and orchestration systems, including progressive-delivery tooling (Argo Rollouts, Kargo, or similar).
- Strong track record managing safe deployment, rollback, and recovery processes for large, distributed cloud systems, including database change management.
Skills
- Solid understanding of Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred).
- Experience coaching and mentoring engineers, and driving adoption of new tooling and practices across teams.
- Experience with AI-assisted tooling and automation in a platform engineering context (AI SDLC systems).
- Familiarity with test infrastructure, testing at scale, or observability/tracing.
- Exposure to third-party database connector ecosystems (ODBC or similar).
- Familiarity with FinOps practices and developer productivity insights/metrics.
- Hands-on familiarity with quality-of-life developer tooling.
- Background in software architecture or async systems.
Compensation
- Alteryx is committed to fair, equitable, and transparent compensation.
- Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as your relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.
- The salary range for this role in the United States is $183,125 - $200,450.
- In addition, you may be eligible for additional compensation, such as a bonus.
Benefits
- Alteryx has amazing benefits for all Associates which can be viewed here.
- Collaborate closely with peer Staff Engineers to identify and close coverage gaps across the Developer Platform (and greater Engineering Enablement scope).
- Employees may also be eligible for a wide range of other benefits, including medical, retirement, financial, wellness, time off, employee discounts, and others.
Company info
- Evolve GitLab at scale within GCP/GKE, including governance, permissions, runners, and pipeline infrastructure, as part of our broader Developer Experience and build/release operations.
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