# Platform Engineer > Raydar · New York, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-20 **Salary:** USD 180,000–250,000 **Workplace:** on_site ## Description About the company Our client is a fast-growing software company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Act as the founding member of a platform function spanning infrastructure, DevOps and security. Partner closely with technical leadership to shape strategy, modernize older systems and create internal tooling, with a path toward managing a team as the engineering group expands. What you'll do \- Establish the platform function from scratch, defining its processes, policies and tooling. \- Move older infrastructure onto modern cloud systems and reinforce the cloud architecture in the early months. \- Run and streamline the company's security and compliance program, including audit readiness, AI usage policies and incident handling. \- Improve release automation, internal developer tooling and deployment processes so engineers can ship faster. \- Coach leadership on security practices and encourage a security-minded culture across engineering. ## Requirements What we're looking for \- Around 6 or more years of experience in infrastructure, DevOps or security engineering. \- Background building security infrastructure at a B2B SaaS company in a regulated industry, either at a startup or a fast-moving, well-regarded technology company. \- Deep hands-on AWS experience. \- Experience designing CI/CD pipelines and working with monitoring and observability tools. \- Application security expertise, including authentication, data protection and vulnerability management. \- Comfort with ambiguity and a hands-on, high-ownership working style. Bonus points \- Experience standing up security infrastructure from zero to one. \- Experience running SOC 2 compliance processes in production. ## Benefits Compensation and benefits \- Base salary: USD 180,000 to 250,000 per year \- Equity \- Health, dental and vision coverage \- Retirement plan \- Flexible time off Location and work model \- New York, United States \- On-site, 4 days per week in office \- Full-time ## Apply [Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/A36009461F/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)