GCP Platform Engineer

W2 ONLY - NO C2C Title: GCP Platform Engineer Duration: contract through Feb 2027 - likely to get extended Location: 100% Remote EST hours Must Have Requirements: Strong production experience developing applications and services in Go Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform Deep experience with Terraform for infrastructure automation Strong understanding of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), JWT authentication, and identity management Experience building and supporting HTTP services and APIs Knowledge of distributed systems concepts including locking, leases, and concurrency Experience working with Cloud Run, IAM, and service accounts Familiarity with Firestore transaction management and database optimization Experience designing secure networking solutions including VPCs and private connectivity Experience with container technologies and Docker Strong troubleshooting and production support skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills Day to day: We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to help design, build, and maintain cloud-native platform services that support internal products and engineering teams. This role is heavily focused on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), infrastructure automation, security, and developer enablement. You will work closely with engineers to create scalable, secure, and reliable platforms that improve how applications are built, deployed, and operated in production environments. What You'll Be Doing Design and develop platform services using Go Build and maintain cloud infrastructure within Google Cloud Platform Automate infrastructure deployment and management using Terraform Develop secure authentication and authorization solutions using OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect Create and support containerized workloads running on Cloud Run Implement scalable and secure networking solutions across cloud environments Design and maintain Firestore databases, transactions, and indexing strategies Build tooling and services that improve developer productivity and platform reliability Monitor platform health, create alerting strategies, and participate in production incident response Improve container security, image governance, and vulnerability management processes Develop and maintain technical documentation and user-facing product documentation Contribute to testing strategies including unit, integration, and emulator-based testing