Xealth
Senior Systems Engineer
Seattle, WA · Senior
Work authorization requiredDetected 11 days ago
TypeScriptPythonBashNode.jsCode ReviewGitAWSKubernetesTerraformLinuxPrometheusGrafanaPlatform EngineeringKafkaComplianceSystems EngineeringHIPAAEpicCernerEHR/EMRPatient CareCollaborationArgo CD
About the role
- We're looking for a Senior Systems Engineer to take full ownership of our AWS EKS Kubernetes platform and the open source ecosystem that powers it.
- This is a hands-on, high-ownership role - you'll be the go-to expert for cluster reliability, observability, GitOps automation, and infrastructure-as-code.
- You'll work closely with our engineering teams to ensure our platform is resilient, secure, and continuously improving.
Responsibilities
- We want someone who thinks architecturally, automates relentlessly, and raises the bar for how we build and run infrastructure.
- GitOps delivery pipeline - own and evolve our ArgoCD-based deployment workflows, enforce GitOps patterns across teams, and drive consistency in how services reach production
- Observability stack - build and maintain our Prometheus/Grafana observability platform; define SLOs, alerting standards, and dashboards that give engineering teams actionable signal
- Infrastructure-as-code - manage and extend Terraform codebases for AWS infrastructure; enforce IaC standards and participate in code review
- Security & compliance posture - partner with engineering and security to enforce least-privilege IAM, secrets management, network policies, and audit readiness in a HIPAA-regulated environment
Requirements
- 5-8 years of hands-on systems/platform engineering experience
- Deep Kubernetes expertise - you can reason about scheduling, networking, storage, RBAC, and cluster internals without reaching for the docs
- Production experience running workloads on AWS EKS
- Proficiency with Terraform for AWS infrastructure management
- Hands-on experience with ArgoCD or Flux in a production GitOps workflow
- Working knowledge of OpenTelemetry - collectors, instrumentation libraries, pipeline configuration
- Programming and scripting experience with Python,Typescript, Bash
- Comfort operating in a regulated environment (HIPAA, SOC 2, or similar)
- Please note - you MUST be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident to be hired*
Nice to have
- Experience with service mesh (Linkerd, Istio, or similar)
- Familiarity with Kafka in a Kubernetes context
- Secrets management experience (AWS Secrets Manager, or External Secrets Operator)
- Contributions to open source projects
- Infrastructure managed as code - if it's not in Git, it doesn't exist
- On-call expectations are reasonable and shared across the team
- You'll have real autonomy over architectural decisions, not just implementation work
- Why join Xealth?
Compensation
- Xealth offers a multi-tiered approach when constructing a highly competitive compensation package.
- The compensation package would include a base salary, bonus, and a comprehensive suite of benefits.
- The base salary compensation range for this position is $145,000 - $160,000, depending on geographic market.
Benefits
- The compensation package would include a base salary, bonus, and a comprehensive suite of benefits.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision policies.
- Xealth provides your laptop and offers a home office stipend.
- Generous learning & development opportunities for you to grow your skills and career.
- Paid parental leave.
- Flexible time off & 10 standardized holidays.
- $500 yearly fitness stipend to spend on staying active.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Citizen or Permanent Resident to be hired*
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