Sr. Platform Engineer, L3
About Citrine Informatics
At Citrine, we’re using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enable our customers to usher in the next generation of sustainable, high-performing materials and chemicals.
Our customers love what we do:
“We understand our own laboratory more than before. It’s fun to work in this way.”
We’re the leader in AI for materials and chemicals. 10 of the top 20 chemical companies have trusted us as their AI provider and we have created more than $100 Million dollars in value for our customers to date. Our no-code SaaS platform empowers product developers to accelerate their work using chemically-aware data management and AI tools.
Citrine regularly wins awards for innovation and sustainability, earning spots on the CB Insights AI 100 list and the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the US. Our customers include leading organizations such as LyondellBasell, Evonik, Grace, Avery Dennison, and Syensqo. We also collaborate with researchers from world-renowned institutions on cutting-edge research at the intersection of AI and the physical sciences.
Our team is exceptional, eager to grow and learn from each other. Team members work remotely throughout North America and Europe driven by our sustainability mission. We’re growing quickly, and looking for the best to join us!
Why This Role Matters
This role helps support the technical foundation behind Citrine’s platform and engineering organization. The person in this role will contribute to infrastructure and deployment systems that are observable, reliable, scalable, and aligned with the needs of a growing team.
About the Role
Citrine Informatics is looking for a Senior Infrastructure / Platform Engineer to help shape, implement, and operate scalable cloud infrastructure and platform systems. This role is a fit for someone with experience across infrastructure, automation, deployment, and production operations, and who enjoys working closely with others to improve reliability, developer workflows, and platform capabilities.
This person will contribute to cloud infrastructure in AWS, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes operations, CI/CD, observability, and containerization. Just as important, they will bring sound judgment, adaptability, and a collaborative working style suited to a fast-moving environment where priorities can evolve and teams work together to solve complex problems.
Team Fit and Working Style
We are looking for someone who pairs technical depth with a collaborative and thoughtful approach to problem-solving. Successful candidates will likely bring:
- Experience working closely with others in shared technical environments
- A communication style that supports productive collaboration, knowledge sharing, and healthy decision-making
- Comfort making progress in situations where not every variable is known at the outset
- A practical, iterative mindset and willingness to learn as the team moves forward
- Flexibility to take on a range of responsibilities depending on team priorities and current challenges
- Good judgment in managing time, scope, and competing priorities
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure in AWS with attention to scalability, reliability, security, and automation
- Manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, including hands-on work with Terraform and experience with CloudFormation
- Deploy, administer, and maintain Kubernetes clusters in production environments
- Improve platform tooling, deployment workflows, and operational practices that support engineering teams and production systems
- Implement and manage observability and monitoring solutions, ideally including experience with Datadog, across metrics, logging, alerting, and incident response
- Work with containerized systems and deployment workflows, including image build pipelines and optimization techniques
- Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines, including required experience with Git