About the job
At Ripple, we are pioneering a future where value is transferred with the same ease and speed as information. Our bold vision is already a reality, as we deliver innovative crypto solutions to financial institutions, businesses, governments, and developers. We are committed to enhancing the global financial system, fostering economic equality, and expanding opportunities for individuals worldwide. Join us to unleash your potential and make a real-world impact in your career.
If you're passionate about creating meaningful change and eager to explore remarkable career growth, we invite you to join our team and help us build real value.
THE ROLE:
As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing Ripple's production infrastructure and optimizing our release pipelines. This position merges the expertise of systems and software engineering to support the design and lifecycle of our hosted products. You will collaborate closely with product engineers to offer mentorship, automation, and the development of innovative platform features!
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Oversee the deployment and maintenance of Ripple's multi-region, multi-provider service platforms with a focus on security and resilience.
- Create automation, monitoring, and instrumentation tools to streamline operations and boost engineering productivity.
- Develop solutions for complex technical challenges, including PKI, secret management, geographic failover, data replication, availability, and platform resilience.
- Automate new and existing platform and application lifecycle services, leveraging data to minimize human intervention.
- Work alongside product engineering teams to ensure code is ready for production.
- Lead the adoption of DevOps and GitOps principles throughout the organization.

