Platform Engineer | Growth and Transformation

The Growth and Transformation team at Red Ventures is seeking a Platform Engineer who thrives on solving complex this role youll shape and optimize our multi-cloud platforms (AWS GCP Databricks) ensuring they are secure reliable and cost-efficient. Youll work across diverse engineering teams bringing both hands-on expertise and strategic influence to how we build scale and govern our infrastructure.

If youre looking for a role where youll tackle challenges across multi-region availability automation data governance and cost optimizationwhile growing your skills in a collaborative high-impact environmentthis is the place for you.

This role requires a hybrid schedule and will be based in our South Charlotte NC Headquarters (Tuesday through Thursday) and work fully remotely on Mondays and Fridays each week.

What Youll Do:

• Engineer and optimize resilient multi-cloud (AWS/GCP) and multi-region environments.
• Secure and govern platforms by implementing compliance frameworks and IAM best practices.
• Automate everything with infrastructure as code (Terraform) and custom tooling.
• Optimize costs and performance across AWS GCP and Databricks by leveraging monitoring and observability tools.
• Collaborate deeply with engineering teams to shape architecture resolve incidents and deliver improvements.
• Contribute to strategy by influencing architectural decisions and scaling best practices.

What Were Looking For:

• 35 years of platform engineering or cloud infrastructure experience
• Strong hands-on expertise in AWS and GCP (multi-cloud multi-region)
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code (Terraform CloudFormation etc.)
• Experience implementing cloud security and compliance frameworks
• Skilled in scripting/automation (Python Bash Go)
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with cloud cost management tools (Cost Explorer Cloudability etc.)
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to collaborate across diverse teams

Bonus Points for:

• Direct Databricks administration experience
• Certifications (AWS Solutions Architect GCP Professional Cloud Architect Databricks)
• Knowledge of regulated environments (SOC2 PCI GDPR financial services)
• Experience with chaos engineering or disaster recovery planning
• Exposure to Salesforce Adobe or data lake/warehouse architectures

Why Join Us

At Red Ventures we believe infrastructure isnt just about keeping the lights onits about powering growth innovation and resilience. As part of our Growth and Transformation team youll have the autonomy to design solutions improve systems and leave a lasting impact on how we scale. Youll join a culture that values collaboration learning and delivering results together.

Compensation:

Cash Compensation Range: $100000 - $145000 per year

*Note actual salary is based on qualifications and experience

Additionally the following benefits are provided by Red Ventures subject to eligibility requirements.

• Health Insurance Coverage (medical dental and vision)
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Holiday Pay
• 401(k) with match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Bonding Benefit Program
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO): We believe time to rest and recharge is essential. Thats why we offer a generous and flexible PTO policy. Full-time employees accrue 20 days of PTO for a full calendar year annually with an increase to 25 days after five years of service.

Who We Are:

Founded in 2000 Red Ventures (RV) is home to a diverse portfolio of industry-leading brands and businesses strategic partnerships and proprietary technology including Bankrate Lonely Planet The Points Guy BestColleges and more. Together RV helps millions of people worldwide make lifes most important decisions accelerates digital adaptation and innovates the online consumer experience by improving every step of the consumer journey from first discovery of information throughout the decision-making process to transactions. Headquartered south of Charlotte NC Red Ventures employs thousands of people across the US and Puerto Rico with international offices in the UK and Brazil. For more information visit and follow @RedVentures on social platforms.

At Red Ventures we believe diverse inclusive teams are better. To help you better understand our core values and beliefs we encourage you to watch this brief YouTube video: Our Belief Statements. This will give you insight into the principles that guide our work and our commitment to fostering an inclusive environment.

We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits program for full-time employees including medical dental and vision coverage paid time off life insurance disability coverage employee assistance program 401(k) plan and a paid parental leave program.

Red Ventures is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race creed color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity/expression national origin disability age genetic information veteran status marital status pregnancy or any other basis protected by law. Employment at Red Ventures is based solely on a persons merit and qualifications.

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