Bright Machines, Inc.
At Bright Machines®, we are redefining manufacturing with intelligent, software‑driven automation. We help designers create products optimized for automated assembly, delivering flexible, scalable, and resilient factories.
About the Role
We are hiring a Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable, secure infrastructure that powers our automation solutions. You will work closely with Platform Engineering, R&D, and Operations teams to maintain the core platform that drives our on‑prem and cloud automation services. What You Will Be Doing
Design, implement, and maintain reliable, scalable, and secure infrastructure to support applications and automation systems. Own and continuously improve platform engineering tools and services, including documentation and cross‑team communication. Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment pipelines using IaC (Terraform, Ansible). Manage CI/CD systems to enable efficient and reliable software delivery. Implement and operate observability solutions (logging, monitoring, alerting) to ensure uptime and system performance. Enforce security best practices, including vulnerability management and incident response readiness. Participate in the on‑call rotation for services owned by the Platform Engineering team. What We Want To See
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field. 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). Strong experience with physical infrastructure, including networking equipment and servers. Proficiency with CI/CD tools and GitOps workflows. Hands‑on coding experience in Python and Shell scripting. Solid understanding of Linux internals and system administration. Experience with public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP). Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible). Deep knowledge of Kubernetes (self‑hosted and managed), including Helm. Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry). Nice to Have
Experience with bare‑metal provisioning (MaaS or similar). Compensation & Location
San Francisco, CA | $160,000 – $190,000 per year | Full‑time
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We are hiring a Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable, secure infrastructure that powers our automation solutions. You will work closely with Platform Engineering, R&D, and Operations teams to maintain the core platform that drives our on‑prem and cloud automation services. What You Will Be Doing
Design, implement, and maintain reliable, scalable, and secure infrastructure to support applications and automation systems. Own and continuously improve platform engineering tools and services, including documentation and cross‑team communication. Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment pipelines using IaC (Terraform, Ansible). Manage CI/CD systems to enable efficient and reliable software delivery. Implement and operate observability solutions (logging, monitoring, alerting) to ensure uptime and system performance. Enforce security best practices, including vulnerability management and incident response readiness. Participate in the on‑call rotation for services owned by the Platform Engineering team. What We Want To See
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field. 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). Strong experience with physical infrastructure, including networking equipment and servers. Proficiency with CI/CD tools and GitOps workflows. Hands‑on coding experience in Python and Shell scripting. Solid understanding of Linux internals and system administration. Experience with public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP). Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible). Deep knowledge of Kubernetes (self‑hosted and managed), including Helm. Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry). Nice to Have
Experience with bare‑metal provisioning (MaaS or similar). Compensation & Location
San Francisco, CA | $160,000 – $190,000 per year | Full‑time
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