Senior Developer Experience Platform Engineer

As passionate about our people as we are about our mission.
Why Join Q2?
Q2 is a leading provider of digital banking and lending solutions to banks, credit unions, alternative finance companies, and fintechs in the U.S. and internationally. Our mission is simple: build strong and diverse communities through innovative financial technology—and we do that by empowering our people to help create success for our customers.

What Makes Q2 Special?
Being as passionate about our people as we are about our mission. We celebrate our employees in many ways, including our "Circle of Awesomeness" award ceremony and day of employee celebration among others We invest in the growth and development of our team members through ongoing learning opportunities, mentorship programs, internal mobility, and meaningful leadership relationships. We also know that nothing builds trust and collaboration like having fun. We hold an annual Dodgeball for Charity event at our Q2 Stadium in Austin, inviting other local companies to play, and community organizations we support to raise money and awareness together.

About The Role
We are looking for a
Senior
Developer Experience
Platform Engineer
to help design, build, and scale the foundational systems that power our engineering organization. You will play a key role in delivering secure, scalable, and automated platform capabilities that support our developers throughout the software lifecycle—from code to production.

This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving infrastructure challenges with software engineering practices and has a passion for improving developer experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain platform components such as container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes or Nomad), CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and observability tools.
• Develop self-service tools and abstractions to simplify deployment, scaling, and operations for product engineering teams.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, and SREs to ensure platform solutions meet their needs and promote best practices around reliability, security, and performance.
• Write high-quality, reusable code and automation scripts that reduce toil and increase repeatability across environments.
• Monitor system health and performance; drive improvements in observability, alerting, and incident response.
• Participate in on-call rotation and contribute to blameless postmortems and reliability improvements.
• Document platform standards and conduct knowledge-sharing sessions to raise platform literacy across the org.

Qualifications
Required:

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure, or DevOps roles.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes or Nomad, containerization, and related ecosystem tools (e.g., Helm, Traefik, Vault).
• Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language (e.g., Python, Go, Java).
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Deep understanding of CI/CD systems and version control workflows (e.g., GitLab, GitHub Actions).
• Experience in all aspects of the software development life cycle
• Solid knowledge of infrastructure-as-code practices using tools like Terraform or Pulumi.
• Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills across the stack (compute, networking, storage, etc.).
• Ability to work flexible hours when necessary for deadlines and off-hours installations

Preferred

• Experience working with GitOps-based workflows.
• Familiarity with secrets management, service mesh, and RBAC in cloud-native environments.
• Exposure to monitoring/logging stacks such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or OpenTelemetry.
• Background in fintech, SaaS, or other high-availability, high-security environments is a plus.

This position requires fluent written and oral communication in English.
Health & Wellness

• Hybrid Work Opportunities
• Flexible Time Off
• Career Development & Mentoring Programs
• Health & Wellness Benefits, including competitive health insurance offerings and generous paid parental leave for eligible new parents
• Community Volunteering & Company Philanthropy Programs
• Employee Peer Recognition Programs – "You Earned it"

Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer.

Our Culture & Commitment
We're proud to foster a supportive, inclusive environment where career growth, collaboration, and wellness are prioritized. And our benefits go beyond healthcare—offering resources for physical, mental, and professional well-being. Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer. Q2 employees are encouraged to give back through volunteer work and nonprofit support through our Spark Program (see more). We believe in making an impact—in the industry and in the community.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status.