I’m helping
Kinasait
find a top candidate to join their team
full-time
for the role of
Platform Engineer.
You’ll build and scale cutting‑edge cloud platforms for global search solutions.
Compensation:
USD 120 K - 130 K/year.
Location:
Remote: Mexico.
Mission of Kinasait:
Contribute to the evolution of the LATAM technological ecosystem, position Mexico as the entry point to a sea of talent in the region, and help other teams and individuals to grow.
What makes you a strong candidate
Expert in infrastructure management, distributed systems.
Proficient in UDP, stream processing, SSL/TLS, load balancing.
Spanish – fully fluent.
Responsibilities
Kinasait partners with OMC to find a highly experienced senior professional. The Platform Engineer will develop code that bridges software and hardware, ensuring system performance and efficiency. This role is responsible for designing, automating, and maintaining the company’s platform environment. The position will collaborate closely with core team members to build, test, automate, scale, maintain, troubleshoot, and support the company’s high‑scale managed search platform.
Qualifications
5+ years building complex distributed systems.
5+ years owning and managing infrastructure with a major cloud provider.
2+ years leading projects and designing distributed systems and API platforms.
Strong experience in network configuration, debugging, and modification, including load balancing, traffic routing, TCP/UDP, SSL/TLS, firewalls, and IAM.
Experience working directly with customers and delivering with urgency.
Working knowledge of ETL, data warehousing, and batch or stream processing.
Some experience with automated security scanning tools in high‑load environments.
Some experience developing applications using the Rust programming language.
Experience you will gain
Building, modifying, and operating Elasticsearch or Open Search clusters.
Creating packages, modules, closures, and shells with Nix.
Running production systems on Nix OS.
Using Kafka as a distributed system component for load management.
Physical Demand and Work Environment
Primary workspace will be remote (home or rented office space).
Occasional travel (1–4 times per year) to Austin or other North American locations.
Must be able to sit or stand for up to eight hours a day.
Work Hours/Schedule
13 company holidays per year.
Flexible paid time off policy.
On‑call rotation (schedule varies).
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Engineering, Information Technology, and Business Development
