Senior Software Developer, Platform Engineering

Are you excited to shape the future of how software is built and delivered Do you champion the end-to-end developer experience Most importantly do you care deeply about the impact of your workon your teammates on our customers and on the stability and scalability of the systems we build together

Join the CICD platforms team to help design build and evolve our modern CI/CD platform powered by GitHub Actions Argo and Kubernetes. This role is critical to enabling fast reliable and scalable software delivery across the organization.

You will own and improve the end-to-end developer experiencefrom pull request workflows and GitHub governance to automated deployments in Kuberneteswhile embedding AI-powered tooling into DevOps workflows to increase velocity quality and reliability.

This role requires strong communication skills excellent problem-solving ability and a proactive mindset. Were looking for someone who doesnt wait for instructions when issues arisebut instead identifies root causes proposes solutions and drives improvements forward. You should be a team player who cares deeply about team success customer impact and system stability.

About the Role

• Design build and maintain scalable CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions.
• Manage GitOps-based deployments using Argo CD into Kubernetes environments.
• Improve system reliability scalability and deployment safety across environments.
• Embed AI-powered tooling into DevOps workflows (CI/CD optimization PR summarization automated review assistance policy validation incident insights).Lead incident response and root cause analysis for CI/CD and deployment-related outages.
• Define and enforce GitHub governance best practices (branch protection reusable workflows permissions policy automation).
• Identify bottlenecks in developer workflows and proactively drive improvements.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering SRE and product teams to ensure platform solutions meet real customer needs.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices around DevOps GitOps and cloud-native systems.

About You

• At least 5 years of professional software development experience
• Strong proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g. Java Python Go etc).
• BA/BS in computer science or equivalent work experience
• Experience designing highly available reliable and scalable systems.
• Strong experience building CI/CD systems using GitHub Actions or equivalent technologies.
• Hands-on experience with Argo CD and GitOps-based deployment models.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes and cloud-native architecture.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (Terraform Helm etc.).
• Experience improving developer workflows and internal platform tooling.
• You have experience using AI code generation tools tools such as GitHub CoPilot Anthropic Claude Code Cursor or similar.
• Exposure to AI/CD tooling integration in engineering workflows is a strong plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skillsable to clearly articulate technical trade-offs and align stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving ability with a bias toward action.
• Proactive and self-drivenidentifies issues and drives solutions without waiting for direction.
• Customer-focusedcares deeply about the product experience and developer productivity.
• Obsessed with stability reliability and operational excellence.
• Team-orientedprioritizes collective success over individual recognition.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving clarity.

What youll get

Our team members fuel our strategy innovation and growth so we ensure the health and well-being of not just you but your family too! We go above and beyond to give you the support you need on an individual level and offer all sorts of ways to help you live your best life. We are proud to offer eligible team members perks and health benefits that will help you have peace of mind. Simply put: Weve got your back. Check out our full list of Benefits and Perks.

On-Call Expectations
This role may include participation in an on-call rotation to support production systems and ensure service reliability. On-call responsibilities may include coverage during nights and weekends. If applicable frequency and scheduling will be determined by team needs and communicated accordingly.

About us

Redfin is revolutionizing the $75 billion real estate industry. We use data beautiful software and innovative design to put customers first at every step in the home-buying and selling process. Get ready to dive headfirst into our award-winning website and mobile apps solving complex business problems in a highly visible customer-centric way. If you value doing great work in a collaborative environment join our team!

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The compensation information below is provided in compliance with all applicable job posting disclosure requirements. The compensation for this position is $166900.00- $203900.00. The position may also be eligible for an annual bonus incentives and other employment-related benefits including but not limited to medical dental and vision benefits 401K retirement plan and paid-time off. More information regarding these benefits and others can be found here. The information regarding compensation and other benefits included in this paragraph is the companys current good faith estimate at the time of posting. Compensation and benefits are subject to modification from time to time as the Company in its sole and exclusive discretion deems appropriate. The Company may determine during its future reviews of the proposed compensation and benefits provided for this position that the compensation and benefits for such position should be no event will the Company reduce the compensation for the position to a level below the applicable jurisdictional minimum wage rate for the position. Los Angeles County and San Francisco Candidates only: qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment per the Fair Chance Ordinance and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.