Platform Engineer (Application Infrastructure)

Join WHOOP, a leading performance optimization company, as a Platform Engineer II on the Application Infrastructure team. In this role, you will design, implement, and manage scalable and secure cloud infrastructure in AWS, collaborate with various teams to deliver resilient infrastructure, and contribute to the automation of cloud operations. You will also participate in incident response, audits, and compliance efforts, while driving best practices in reliability, performance, cost optimization, and security across the platform. Enjoy a flexible vacation policy, paid parental leave, stock options, complimentary WHOOP membership, and a competitive benefits package.

• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure cloud infrastructure in AWS using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform.
• Build and manage IAM systems, access controls, and least-privilege policies to reduce risk and limit blast radius in our systems.
• Collaborate with platform, product, and data science teams to deliver resilient infrastructure that enables rapid product development and member trust.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code in production environments (Terraform preferred)
• Hands-on experience with AWS services, including IAM, EC2, S3, MSK, and Aurora
• Experience with containerized platforms such as Kubernetes or Amazon EKS
• Effective communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
• Strong understanding of cloud security and reliability principles, including least privilege, logging/monitoring, resource isolation, and disaster recovery
• Proficiency with scripting or programming languages (Python, Go, Java, or Bash)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, secrets management, and automated reliability tooling
• 2-4 years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure roles
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex distributed systems
• You enjoy improving the development experience through changes to the infrastructure that the department’s applications are built on
• Interested in the role, but don’t meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply!
• You are curious about how systems fail and motivated to proactively prevent issues
• You collaborate well across teams and communicate technical concepts clearly
• You value simplicity, reliability, and clarity in system design
• You enjoy automating manual processes and building scalable solutions to reduce risk
• You thrive on ownership and want to shape the foundation of WHOOP’s platform
• Experience implementing policy-as-code or access control frameworks
• Experience with relational database systems like PostgreSQL
• Expertise in managing CI/CD pipelines for building application code across multiple languages
• Exposure to modern edge and delivery technologies such as Cloudflare, CDN configuration, and TLS/SSL certificate management