Sr. AI Platform Engineer (Cloud & Database)
Fort Collins
**Duration:** Permanent/Direct Hire **Compensation:** $140k-195k Base + Bonus + Benefits **Location:** Fort Collins, CO (if on-site) **Remote State Eligibility:** CA, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, MN, MS, NC, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WA We are seeking a hands-on Senior AI Platform Engineer with deep Cloud Engineering expertise and strong database and networking knowledge. You will help build and modernize scalable cloud infrastructure while creating reusable, automated platform capabilities. **Requirements:** * 7+ years of Platform, Cloud, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering experience. * 5+ years of hands-on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform experience. * 3+ years of infrastructure automation/IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar. * 3+ years working with database infrastructure, networking, or SRE/reliability in production environments. * 1+ year using AI/LLMs, AI agents, or AI-driven automation in professional engineering workflows. * Experience architecting or significantly modernizing cloud/platform environments. **Responsibilities:** * Architect and build scalable **cloud infrastructure** for highly available, payment-critical workloads. * Design platform capabilities spanning cloud, database, networking, reliability, and infrastructure automation. * Create reusable **self-service tooling, guardrails, and infrastructure patterns** for application teams. * Automate provisioning, operations, troubleshooting, and infrastructure workflows using **AI and agentic solutions**. * Improve reliability, scalability, observability, security, and cost as the platform grows. **Ideal Profile:** * Your strongest area is **Cloud/Platform Engineering** , complemented by meaningful **Database** and **Network**expertise. * You have built platforms rather than simply maintained them, can make architectural decisions across infrastructure layers, and naturally look for ways to turn manual engineering work into reusable, automated, **AI-driven capabilities.** 26-00902
