Platform Engineer

About this role

GovSignals is seeking platform engineers to build foundational data and deployment infrastructure for an AI-powered government contracting platform. You'll own systems managing 5,000+ live data sources across commercial SaaS, FedRAMP High, and IL5 environments while working directly with the CTO and cofounders.

What you'll do

• Design and scale data ingestion, storage, and search infrastructure across 10,000+ government sources using Postgres, S3, and continuous pipelines
• Deploy one codebase across three security environments: commercial SaaS, AWS GovCloud FedRAMP High, and IL5 restricted networks
• Build compliance into platform architecture with automated CVE remediation and secure-by-default services
• Develop infrastructure supporting AI agents as first-class users with agentic harnesses and automated remediation loops
• Integrate customer data and support thousands of enterprise users managing billions in government contracts
• Collaborate with deployment and sales teams on technical customer engagement

What they're looking for

• Backend or platform infrastructure engineering (5+ years)
• Postgres internals and data modeling
• Kubernetes in production
• TypeScript or Python backend services
• Systems scaling and performance optimization
• Security-first mindset in regulated environments
• AI tool proficiency and understanding
• FedRAMP, IL, or similar compliance experience (nice-to-have)

Benefits

• Base salary $180,000 - $250,000
• Hybrid role (3+ days/week in New York office)
• Work directly with four cofounders from defense, intelligence, and enterprise backgrounds
• Opportunity to shape founding platform team
• Access to cutting-edge government contracting and AI infrastructure