Role overview

WHOOP is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join the Application Infrastructure team in Boston. The company’s mission centers on helping members understand their bodies and performance through wearable technology. In this role, you will design and operate the infrastructure systems that enable iOS, Android, Backend, and Web teams to deliver features securely and at scale.

Key responsibilities

Design, develop, and operate WHOOP’s Kubernetes clusters running on AWS infrastructure.
Drive architectural decisions that enhance scalability, resiliency, performance, and security across the build and deployment platform.
Build systems and tooling that increase deployment safety while accelerating release velocity to Kubernetes.
Advance CI/CD capabilities to support frequent and reliable production deployments.
Lead developer productivity improvements through tooling, automation, and platform integrations.
Partner with application, security, and data teams to establish secure-by-default infrastructure practices.
Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems to continuously improve platform reliability.
Mentor engineers on the Application Infrastructure team and help define the long-term roadmap for infrastructure and Kubernetes management.

Requirements

At least five years of professional experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or Backend Software Engineering roles.
Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture and core components, with hands-on experience in multi-cluster Kubernetes environments.
Strong knowledge of container networking concepts, including overlay networking, service meshes, and network policies.
Hands-on experience operating cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS services such as IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, CloudTrail, and Organizations.
Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, such as Terraform.
Experience developing backend or infrastructure-adjacent services using Java, C#, or Python.
Demonstrated ability to evaluate system performance, identify bottlenecks, and use data to drive improvements and prioritize work across multiple stakeholders.

What makes this role worth considering

You will work on infrastructure that directly enables hundreds of engineers to move faster and ship features safely. The Application Infrastructure team operates critical systems including Kubernetes and Kafka, giving you the opportunity to work at scale on technology that impacts the entire engineering organization. This Boston-based role offers the chance to mentor technical leaders and shape the long-term direction of infrastructure strategy at WHOOP.