Principal Platform Engineer

🌐 Who We Are

Bankjoy is a Y Combinator and Bessemer Venture Partner backed FinTech startup. We are changing the way community banks and credit unions do business, enabling them to become tech-driven and digital first. Bankjoy provides modern digital banking products including mobile banking, online banking, online account opening, loan origination, and conversational AI. Our mission is to revolutionize banking tech infrastructure by leading digital transformation at financial institutions — big and small.

🌐 Who We Are

Bankjoy is a Y Combinator and Bessemer Venture Partner backed FinTech startup. We are changing the way community banks and credit unions do business, enabling them to become tech-driven and digital-first. Bankjoy provides modern digital banking products including mobile banking, online banking, online account opening, loan origination, and conversational AI. Our mission is to revolutionize banking tech infrastructure by leading digital transformation at financial institutions — big and small.

💼 The Role

Base salary range: $160,000 - $180,000 per anum + bonus/equity

Bankjoy is hiring a Principal Platform Engineer (Azure) to lead the evolution of our Microsoft Azure infrastructure. This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of DevOps, cloud security, and platform tooling development. We’ve built a strong cloud foundation using Kubernetes, IaC, and containerized microservices—now we need your help to scale it securely and efficiently.

You’ll focus on cloud architecture, security hardening, cost/performance optimization, and internal tooling development to empower engineers and defend against operational risks (e.g., bot attacks, misconfiguration, drift).

This is a hands-on role for a deeply technical individual contributor who also communicates well, documents decisions, and leads by example

🧠 What You’ll Do

• Own the architecture and roadmap for Bankjoy’s Azure cloud infrastructure, with a focus on scalability, security, and developer efficiency.
  

• Design and build internal tools or services (e.g., bot detection, threat monitoring, configuration validators, internal dashboards), using C#/.NET Core or other languages.
  

• Harden our cloud security posture with proactive threat modeling, security scanning, IAM policies, encryption strategies, network segmentation, and regulatory compliance (e.g., S/DAST, SOC 2, PCI, OWASP).
  

• Maintain and evolve our IaC stack (Terraform, Bicep) to deliver secure, repeatable, and auditable infrastructure.
  

• Optimize infrastructure costs and performance across compute, storage, and networking layers.
  

• Manage Azure networking components like VNets, route tables, NSGs, and hybrid cloud interconnectivity.
  

• Lead infrastructure incident response, contributing to postmortems and mitigation strategies.
  

• Document infrastructure changes and architectural decisions to support internal knowledge-sharing and external audits.
  

• Support performance benchmarking and reliability testing for Kubernetes workloads and managed Azure services.
  

• Apply structured critical thinking to evaluate trade-offs, identify blind spots, and make informed decisions under uncertainty.
  

• Balance complex priorities across long-term infrastructure initiatives, real-time operational issues, and tactical internal requests.
  

• Communicate clearly and constructively across engineering and leadership—whether writing architectural diagrams, presenting security recommendations, or contributing to postmortems.
  

• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure cloud infrastructure supports business goals, development velocity, and compliance outcomes.

🎯 What You Bring

• 10+ years in cloud/platform engineering, DevOps, or SRE roles, with 3+ years focused on Azure.
  

• Proven experience building internal tools and services using C#/.NET Core (or equivalent) to support platform use cases (e.g., observability, automation, security analysis).
  

• Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, containerized workloads, and cloud-native patterns.
  

• Deep understanding of Azure security services: IAM, Key Vault, Defender for Cloud, encryption-in-transit/at-rest, and access control.
  

• Proficiency in Terraform, Bicep, or other declarative IaC tooling.
  

• Strong command of Azure networking concepts (VNets, firewalls, Private Endpoints, hybrid networking).
  

• Familiarity with observability tooling (Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, DataDog, or similar).
  

• Working hours must align with Central or Eastern Time Zones to ensure effective collaboration with our core engineering and operations teams.
  

• Solid scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, or Python).
  

• Clear communication skills and a strong documentation mindset.
  

• Bonus: Experience with regulatory environments (e.g., NIST, SOC 2, FFIEC, PCI).

🎁 What You Get

• Competitive compensation + stock options at a well-funded startup

• Comprehensive healthcare (100% coverage for you, 50% for US families, 100% for Canadian families)

• 401(k) / RRSP with 4% company matching (USA employees)

• Generous time off: 3–5 weeks PTO, 5 health days, 15 holidays + end-of-year shutdown

• Performance-based bonuses (Canada and USA)

• Remote-first culture (Canada & USA)

🗂️ Interview Process

We believe hiring is a two-way street. This process is designed to help us get to know you, and for you to get to know us! Here's what to expect:

Step 1: 📞 Preliminary Interview
A 30-minute conversation to learn about your background, experience, and career goals.

Step 2: 🏆 Culture Interview
A discussion with our COO/Co-founder about Bankjoy’s mission, values, and how you’d fit into our team.

Step 3: 🛠️ Technical Interview #1
A deep dive into your technical skills and problem-solving approach.

Step 4: 🔍 Technical Interview #2
Another technical session to explore different aspects of your expertise.

Step 5: 📑 Reference Check
We’ll connect with a few people who can speak to your experience and strengths.

Step 6: 🎉 Offer
If all goes well, we’ll be thrilled to welcome you to the Bankjoy team!

We’re committed to keeping the process transparent and moving quickly, so feel free to ask questions along the way.

🎁 What You Get

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment 

• Competitive compensation

• Stock options at a well-funded startup

• 100% medical, dental and vision coverage for you on our base plans

• 50% coverage for families in the US & 100% coverage for families in Canada

• 401(k) plan with 4% company matching (US Employees)

• 3-5 weeks PTO depending on tenure

• 5 health days

• 15 holidays

• End of year shutdown

• Performance-based bonuses (US & Canadian Employees)

• Remote first culture

   

⚖️ Equal Employment Opportunities at Bankjoy

Bankjoy is committed to hiring talented and qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds for all of its tech, non-tech, and leadership roles. Bankjoy provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

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