Platform Engineer
Posted Sep 25, 2026·Open for 29 days (and counting)
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Key details
Function
Infrastructure
Seniority
Senior
Workplace
Hybrid
Location
Fremont (hybrid)
Compensation
$150K – $220K
Specialty
Platform Engineering
Tech stack
PythonKubernetesPodmanDockerPostgresqlOpensearchElasticsearchAWSGCPDjangoSystemd
Job Description
About the Job:
As a Platform Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, building, and maintaining our DTEX InTERCEPT platform. You will work with a talented team of engineers to develop and deploy robust solutions that address the ever-evolving challenges of insider risk.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications/Attributes:
Why Join Us?
About DTEX
DTEX is the leader in risk-adaptive security, unifying human, data, and AI risk through a behavioral intelligence platform. Built for enterprise scale, DTEX detects threats early and prevents breaches before they impact the business.
By analyzing how people, data, and AI systems interact, DTEX surfaces early indicators of risk that other tools miss and provides the context needed to act with precision. The platform brings together insider risk management, risk-adaptive data protection, user and entity behavior analytics, user activity monitoring, and AI risk management into a single, cohesive solution.
Organizations and governments worldwide rely on DTEX to protect sensitive data, enable secure innovation, and safeguard trust. With privacy-by-design telemetry and adaptive controls, security teams can reduce risk without disrupting productivity.
Joining DTEX means working on some of the most complex and high-impact security challenges facing enterprises today.
DTEX is proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
Base salary range (SF Bay Area): $150K-220K
As a Platform Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, building, and maintaining our DTEX InTERCEPT platform. You will work with a talented team of engineers to develop and deploy robust solutions that address the ever-evolving challenges of insider risk.
Responsibilities:
- Expertise in microservice architecture, develop services optimized for speed and scalability, ensuring robust performance of data pipelines under high-demand conditions.
- Implement and manage containerization technologies, including Podman and Kubernetes, to ensure efficient deployment and operation of our platform.
- Write high-quality Python code, including testing, automation, documentation, and adherence to software engineering best practices.
- Design and implement efficient strategies for storage and retrieval of high-volume data from OpenSearch and Postgres databases.
- Lead efforts to improve search relevance, performance and user experience through tuning, optimization, and experimentation.
- Design and implement features for the big data analytics platform that is part of the DTEX solution.
- Implement best practices for system security and data protection, adhering to industry standards and compliance requirements.
- Demonstrate a high degree of ownership in all facets of the development lifecycle, from design to deployment and iterative improvements.
- Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of innovation and continuous learning.
Qualifications/Attributes:
- BS in CS or equivalent and 5+ years of experience in developing software.
- Indepth experience using OpenSearch or ElasticSearch.
- Proven experience in writing high quality code in Python or any other functional/OO language with a track record of shipping impactful software.
- Proficiency in at least one of the Cloud Technologies AWS or GCP and orchestration using Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Docker Swarm or Mesos.
- Proficiency in implementing, designing, and scaling production level APIs in cloud environments.
- Proficiency in Django, PostgreSQL, or any other SQL database,
- Knowledge of Linux Systemd, daemons, services, and cron subsystems is a huge plus but not a requirement.
- Strong communication and organizational skills.
- Proactive self-starter.
- Demonstrated ability to simplify complex problems and prioritize what matters most for the team and business.
- Prior experience working in a startup is a plus
- Experience using IDE embedded AI is a plus
Why Join Us?
- Impact at Scale – Build and lead DTEX’s first sales enablement function, shaping how we scale commercial excellence across the world.
- Thriving Company Culture – At DTEX, we foster a values-driven environment that prioritizes respect, inclusion, and collaboration.
- Growth & Development – We believe in lifelong learning and provide opportunities for continuous professional development.
- Flexibility – Work in a hybrid or remote environment that balances collaboration with autonomy.
- Comprehensive Benefits – Competitive compensation, equity participation, health and wellness benefits, and generous time-off policies.
About DTEX
DTEX is the leader in risk-adaptive security, unifying human, data, and AI risk through a behavioral intelligence platform. Built for enterprise scale, DTEX detects threats early and prevents breaches before they impact the business.
By analyzing how people, data, and AI systems interact, DTEX surfaces early indicators of risk that other tools miss and provides the context needed to act with precision. The platform brings together insider risk management, risk-adaptive data protection, user and entity behavior analytics, user activity monitoring, and AI risk management into a single, cohesive solution.
Organizations and governments worldwide rely on DTEX to protect sensitive data, enable secure innovation, and safeguard trust. With privacy-by-design telemetry and adaptive controls, security teams can reduce risk without disrupting productivity.
Joining DTEX means working on some of the most complex and high-impact security challenges facing enterprises today.
DTEX is proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
Base salary range (SF Bay Area): $150K-220K
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Core fields
Posting ID
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Platform Engineer
Function
Infrastructure
Location
Fremont (hybrid), CA
Workplace mode
unspecified
Posted at
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Compensation
$150K – $220K
Provenance
First seen (our tracker)
2026-09-25 08:52:18Z
Last seen
2026-10-24 08:26:25Z
Last updated
2026-10-24 08:26:25Z
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Days open
Open for 29 days (and counting)
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Seniority
ic_l3
Role archetype
engineering
Specialty
platform_engineering
Workplace mode
hybrid
City (normalized)
Fremont
Country (normalized)
United States
Comp range
—
Tech stack
pythonkubernetespodmandockerpostgresqlopensearchelasticsearchawsgcpdjangosystemd
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