Senior Platform Engineer, AI Infrastructure

CrowdStrike

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Work type
Remote
Location
TX
Salary
$140,000–$215,000 / yr
Posted
10 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $187k
This role $178k
$106k most similar roles pay here $248k

This role pays more than 55% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$222,125 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $178k versus about $187k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike is a leading American cybersecurity technology firm, specializing in cloud-native endpoint protection, threat intelligence, and incident response.

CrowdStrike currently has 28 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $140,000–$215,000 across 28 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Platform Engineer, AI Infrastructure

Sr. Platform Engineer, AI Infrastructure joins the AI Platforms team within IT Enterprise AI to bridge the gap between rapid prototyping and production-ready systems. This role focuses on building and operating the cloud, platform, deployment, identity, networking, security, and observability infrastructure for internal AI agents and services. You will design and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform, oversee containerized workloads via Docker and Kubernetes, and develop CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions or ArgoCD. Key responsibilities include implementing identity patterns with Okta and Vault, managing cloud networking across AWS and GCP, and establishing observability through Prometheus and Grafana. You will utilize Python, Go, or TypeScript to automate infrastructure while ensuring secure, scalable environments for AI-driven workloads. The role solves the challenge of productionizing experimental AI services into reliable enterprise platforms.

What does a Platform Engineer earn?

Median $150000 from 32 postings across 22 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and operate production infrastructure for AI agents and services across AWS and GCP environments.
  • Manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform or similar tools to ensure consistent, automated deployments.
  • Deploy and manage containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes for scalable AI service delivery.
  • Build and maintain CI/CD and GitOps pipelines to automate testing and environment management.
  • Implement secure identity, access management, and secret management systems for machine-to-machine communication.
  • Develop and operate API and AI gateway infrastructure to connect internal applications to external models.
  • Establish observability frameworks including logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting using tools like Prometheus or Datadog.
  • Partner with developers to transition experimental AI prototypes into secure, scalable, and production-ready services.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, or Developer Infrastructure.
  • Must have hands-on experience designing and operating infrastructure in AWS and/or GCP environments.
  • Must have production experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized application deployment.
  • Must have experience provisioning and managing infrastructure using Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools.
  • Must have experience building or maintaining CI/CD and/or GitOps pipelines.
  • Must possess a strong understanding of cloud networking including VPCs, routing, security groups, and load balancing.
  • Must have experience implementing identity, authentication, authorization, and secrets management using tools like Okta, Vault, or IAM.
  • Must have strong scripting or software engineering skills in Python, Go, TypeScript, or similar languages for automation.

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