SENIOR_PLATFORM_ENGINEER

Senior Platform Engineer

Contract Type

Full time

Level

Senior

Work Model

Hybrid

Build and operate Kubernetes platforms, observability stacks, and CI/CD pipelines for mission-critical government and enterprise systems in the GCC region.

ROLE_OVERVIEW

Role Overview

You'll be responsible for designing, building, and operating platform capabilities that enable development teams to ship reliable software faster.

Own the platform that powers mission-critical systems for government and enterprise clients. You'll build self-service capabilities, ensure 99.9%+ uptime, and participate in on-call rotations.

OWNERSHIP

What You Will Own

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Design and implement platform capabilities: container orchestration, service mesh, observability, and developer tooling
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Operate production platforms with 99.9%+ uptime SLAs for government and enterprise clients
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Build self-service tooling and internal developer platforms that accelerate delivery
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Participate in on-call rotation and lead incident response for platform issues
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Mentor junior engineers and contribute to platform engineering best practices
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Collaborate with security and compliance teams to meet regulatory requirements

REQUIREMENTS

What You Bring

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5+ years operating production infrastructure at scale (10K+ containers, multi-cluster)
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Deep Kubernetes experience: not just kubectl apply, but understanding of controllers, operators, and cluster internals
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Proficiency in at least one language: Go (preferred), Python, or advanced Bash scripting
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Experience with observability tools: Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, or equivalent
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Strong understanding of networking (CNI, service mesh, ingress), security (RBAC, PSP, network policies), and distributed systems
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Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Flux)
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Ability to troubleshoot complex production issues under pressure

EVALUATION_PROCESS

Interview Process

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Experience in regulated industries: finance, government, healthcare (SAMA, NESA, PCI-DSS compliance)
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Contributions to open-source infrastructure projects (Kubernetes, Prometheus, etc.)
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Experience with service mesh: Istio, Linkerd, or Consul
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Terraform/Pulumi expertise for infrastructure as code
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Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures
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Arabic language proficiency (written and spoken)
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Certifications: CKA, CKAD, CKS, or cloud provider certifications

NICE_TO_HAVE

Bonus Points

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Technical interview (90 min): System design and troubleshooting scenarios. Design a platform for a real use case.
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Practical exercise (2-3 hours): Debug a broken Kubernetes cluster with multiple issues. Fix them and explain your approach.
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Architecture discussion (60 min): Present a platform you've built. Discuss trade-offs, failures, and lessons learned.
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Cultural fit (45 min): Discuss past incidents, on-call experiences, and how you handle production pressure.
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Final round: Meet the team and discuss day-to-day collaboration

WHY_NEURASAL

Why This Role?

This isn't a typical platform engineering role. You'll work on systems that governments and enterprises depend on—real stakes, real impact, real production challenges.

Production Systems That Matter

Work on platforms processing millions of transactions daily, serving millions of users, and operating under strict SLAs. Your work directly impacts government services and enterprise operations.

Technical Depth

Solve real distributed systems problems: multi-region failover, zero-downtime migrations, chaos engineering, and performance optimization at scale.

Operational Ownership

You build it, you run it. Own your platform from design through production. Participate in on-call rotations with fair compensation and support.

Learning & Growth

Conference attendance, training budget, certifications, and time for open-source contributions. We invest in your technical growth.

Competitive Package

Market-rate salary (SAR 25K-35K/month based on experience), performance bonuses, health insurance, and relocation support if needed.

Work-Life Balance

Fair on-call rotations (1 week every 4-6 weeks), on-call compensation, and focus on automation to reduce toil. We build self-healing systems.

"I've worked at startups and big tech. Neurasal is different. The systems we build actually matter. When we're on-call, it's because a government service or financial platform depends on us. That responsibility is what makes this work meaningful."

Platform Engineer

Neurasal, 2 years

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