About the role
Hamilton is building the operating system for charter aviation — software that powers quoting, trip planning, live operations, payments, safety-critical data, and sensitive customer information. As the platform scales, the systems that build, deploy, and operate our software become foundational.
As a Staff Platform Engineer, you will own the internal platforms and infrastructure that enable Hamilton engineers to ship reliably and at speed. This is a high-leverage role focused on backend systems, APIs, CI/CD, runtime environments, and observability. You will design the abstractions, guardrails, and workflows that turn application code into production-grade
services.
You’ll operate in a pre-Series-C environment where tradeoffs matter and ownership is expected. The systems you support handle operational, financial, and safety-critical workloads—reliability, correctness, and visibility are non-negotiable.
What You'll Do
- Architect and evolve Hamilton’s platform foundations: CI/CD pipelines, build systems, deployment workflows, and runtime environments.
- Build internal platforms and abstractions that standardize how services are built,
deployed, configured, and observed.
- Own release and deployment infrastructure, including safety checks, rollback strategies, and production validation.
- Partner with backend and frontend engineers to improve developer velocity, testability, and operational reliability.
- Define and enforce standards for APIs, service ownership, configuration management, and environment consistency.
- Design and maintain observability systems that provide clear insight into system health and reliability.
- Support backend teams with infrastructure patterns that scale with product and operational complexity.