Bolt is on a mission to democratize commerce. We relentlessly prioritize our retailers—putting their brands front and center while enabling frictionless shopping at any touchpoint in the customer journey. At the center of it all is our rapidly growing universal shopper network—Bolt merchants such as Revolve, Luisa via Roma, Benefit Cosmetics, Kendra Scott, Lucky Brand Jeans, and Johnny Was can access tens of millions of shoppers, offering them a best-in-class checkout.
And revolutionizing ecommerce is only half of the equation—we’re also transforming the way we work. At Bolt, we have created a work environment where people learn to drive impact, take risks and make big bets, and grow from feedback, all while feeling welcomed and accepted for who they are. Come join us on the adventure today!
Your role at Bolt:
As a Staff Platform Engineer, you’ll lead foundational work that enables every engineering team at Bolt to ship fast, securely, and reliably. You’ll architect cloud-native infrastructure. You’ll improve developer experience and reliability. You’ll collaborate across product, security, compliance, and infrastructure to ensure our platform scales with the business. You’ll treat infrastructure like a product and internal developers like customers. You’ll model excellence while mentoring senior engineers and influencing system-wide standards.
This is a fully remote position based in the West Coast of the United States or Canada, applications from outside of the Pacific Time Zone will not be considered.
Please note, this is a contract-to-hire opportunity with the option to convert to full-time after 3–6 months.
What you will be doing:
Designing and evolving Bolt’s Kubernetes-based platform and GitOps infrastructure
Driving developer experience improvements across CI/CD, secrets management, and observability
Implementing scalable, secure systems for networking, identity, and service-to-service communication
Building shared platform tooling that is resilient and easy to adopt
Supporting critical compliance efforts including PCI-DSS and SOC2
Partnering with SDEs to improve incident response, SLOs, and reliability metrics
Collaborating cross-functionally to accelerate product velocity and reduce cognitive load
Mentoring other engineers on infrastructure design, reliability, and security best practices
Leading cross-org platform initiatives with clear communication and ownership
Documenting, sharing, and evangelizing platform standards and practices
What would set you up for success:
8+ years of experience in infrastructure or platform engineering roles
Deep expertise with Kubernetes, Helm, and infrastructure-as-code tooling like Terraform
Strong software engineering skills, ideally in Go or Python
Experience building CI/CD systems and improving developer workflows
Clear understanding of cloud networking, service mesh, and zero-trust design patterns
Hands-on experience with observability tools and setting SLOs (e.g., Datadog)
Ability to lead architectural design and cross-team technical projects
Track record of mentoring senior engineers and influencing infrastructure maturity
What would set you apart:
Experience implementing and maintaining compliance controls in a cloud-native environment
Contributions to an open-source platform or SRE tooling
Experience building shared internal developer platforms as products
Expertise in managing multi-account AWS environments with security boundaries
Proactive documentation, teaching, and platform evangelism practices
Comfort working in a startup or fast-paced environments
Experience working on breaking down Monoliths
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Estimated compensation for this role:
Flat monthly fee: $16,666 - $18,750/month (all-in, no benefits)
Full-time conversion includes RSUs and benefits
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Benefits:
Comprehensive health coverage: Medical, dental and vision
Remote-first workplace
Time away: Minimum of 20 days guaranteed PTO, paid holidays + floating holidays, your birthday off!
Paid parental leave
Competitive Pay
Retirement plans
Virtual and in-person team & company events
In addition to our core values, Bolt is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity and expression, genetic information, pregnancy and related conditions, veteran status or any other reason prohibited by law. On our mission to democratize commerce, the Bolt platform levels the playing field for everyone. As a company, we are committed to designing products, building a culture, and supporting a team that reflects the diverse population we serve (that is, everyone).
