Platform Engineer at Eyesatop
Austin, TX
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Jul 19, 2026
Austin, TX
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A founding platform engineering role focused on building CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, containerization strategy, and developer tooling from the ground up for a multi-drone mission software platform. The work spans cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped edge deployments — including ARM64 targets like NVIDIA Jetson/Orin — and involves baking security and compliance requirements directly into the pipeline. Best suited to someone with broad DevOps/infrastructure experience who wants to set foundational standards rather than maintain an existing platform.
Senior level · 4+ years · Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 220 people in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 160–340
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $137,069 (middle half $106,287–$172,440).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The role is titled 'Platform Engineer' with no seniority modifier, but the 4+ years requirement, founding-level scope, and expectation to set org-wide standards support a Senior classification.
SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role primarily BUILDS CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and developer tooling (shipping code → 15-1252), but also has meaningful infrastructure operations responsibilities; 15-1244 is the runner-up.
CI/CD is listed as a standalone hard gate in addition to the specific tool alternatives (GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / Jenkins / Argo); both are captured separately to reflect the JD's framing.
Terraform, Pulumi, and Ansible are listed together as 'or equivalent' under the required qualifications; Terraform is used as the primary name with the others as alternatives.
Python, Bash, and Go are presented as interchangeable scripting options ('reach for by reflex'); emitted as one skill with alternatives.
ARM64/NVIDIA Jetson experience, air-gapped deployment experience, compliance familiarity (CMMC/NIST/FedRAMP), mixed-language build support, and robotics/drone background all appear under the 'Strong fit if' section, treated as preferred.
Java and C++ appear only in the 'Strong fit if' (preferred) section as context for mixed-language build support, not in the required qualifications.
No compensation figures are stated in the posting.
No security clearance is explicitly required, though the defense context and CMMC/ITAR mentions suggest one may be needed post-hire; the JD does not gate on it.
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