Senior Software Developer, Platform Engineering (Hybrid or Remote)

Redfin is revolutionizing the real estate industry with innovative software solutions. They are seeking a Senior Software Developer to join the CICD platforms team, responsible for designing and maintaining scalable CI/CD workflows and improving the developer experience across the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions
• Manage GitOps-based deployments using Argo CD into Kubernetes environments
• Improve system reliability, scalability, and deployment safety across environments
• Embed AI-powered tooling into DevOps workflows (CI/CD optimization, PR summarization, automated review assistance, policy validation, incident insights)
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis for CI/CD and deployment-related outages
• Define and enforce GitHub governance best practices (branch protection, reusable workflows, permissions, policy automation)
• Identify bottlenecks in developer workflows and proactively drive improvements
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, SRE, and product teams to ensure platform solutions meet real customer needs
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices around DevOps, GitOps, and cloud-native systems

Requirements:

• At least 5 years of professional software development experience
• Strong proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Java, Python, Go, Node.js, etc)
• BA/BS in computer science, or equivalent work experience
• Experience designing highly available, reliable, and scalable systems
• Strong experience building CI/CD systems using GitHub Actions or equivalent technologies
• Hands-on experience with Argo CD and GitOps-based deployment models
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes and cloud-native architecture
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Helm, etc)
• Experience improving developer workflows and internal platform tooling
• You have experience using AI code generation tools such as GitHub CoPilot, Anthropic Claude Code, Cursor, or similar
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills—able to clearly articulate technical trade-offs and align stakeholders
• Strong problem-solving ability with a bias toward action
• Proactive and self-driven—identifies issues and drives solutions without waiting for direction
• Customer-focused—cares deeply about the product experience and developer productivity
• Obsessed with stability, reliability, and operational excellence
• Team-oriented—prioritizes collective success over individual recognition
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving clarity
• Exposure to AI/CD tooling integration in engineering workflows is a strong plus