Senior Platform Engineer

CAIS is the pioneer in democratizing access to and education about alternative investments for independent financial advisors, empowering them to engage and transact with leading asset managers on a massive scale through a wide variety of alternative investment products and technology solutions. CAIS provides financial advisors with a broad selection of alternative investment strategies, including hedge funds, private equity, private credit, real estate, digital assets, and structured notes. CAIS also delivers industry-leading technology, operational efficiency, and world-class client service throughout the pre-trade, trade, and post-trade experience. CAIS supports over 32,000 advisors who oversee more than $4 trillion in network assets.  

CAIS is looking for a Platform Engineer to join a high-performing team whose responsibility is the automated design, coding, and deployment of our infrastructure in our AWS environment. Ideal candidates are familiar with working across the full stack of platform management, including source control, SDLC tooling, CI/CD pipelines, managing infrastructure as code, and providing a level of operational support, including design contributions for monitoring, alerting, and KPIs for success. This is a great opportunity to join a growing team of innovators, problem solvers, collaborators and leaders working to elevate and scale our platform and prosper with us along the way.

Required Technical Skills / Experience:

• Kubernetes cluster management, including experience with Kustomize and/or Helm
• AWS infrastructure management and configuration, including but not limited to EKS, Aurora RDS, IAM, S3, MSK
• Infrastructure as code via Terraform or similar IAC tool
• GitHub Actions or similar CI tool
• Observability (APM, Logging, Tracing, Synthetics)
• Branching, merging, and other Gitflow concepts
• Strong understanding of relational databases, messaging (Kafka, SQS)
• Knowledge of Java/Kotlin a plus

Qualifications:

• 5-7 years of relevant industry experience
• Experience working with cross-regional teams
• Experience coaching and training employees and improving performance
• BA/BSc in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience, Masters preferred

CAIS is consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work, and our culture is at the heart of our success. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where employees can be their most authentic selves and feel inspired and supported to bring their voice forward to drive community, growth, and innovation. We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law.  Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at https://www.caisgroup.com/our-company/careers. 

CAIS’ compensation package includes a market competitive salary, a performance bonus, and exceptional benefits. If you are located in New York, New York, the base salary range for this role is $170,000 - $200,000. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. 

CAIS offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes generously subsidized healthcare with 100% employer paid dental and vision insurance, an employer matched retirement plan, wellness programs, and generous PTO and parental leave. Additionally, CAIS offers a flexible, hybrid in-office model; for most roles, we do not require a minimum number of days in office per week. For more information on our benefits and career opportunities, please visit our website: https://www.caisgroup.com/our-company/careers.