Platform Engineer

RVO Health is seeking a Platform Engineer to join our Platform Engineering group! We are innovative engineers building internal platforms that improve development efficiency, simplify creating secure cloud infrastructure, and drive best practices in application reliability. A knack for product thinking plus strong collaboration and communication skills are a must for this role.

RVO Health is a first-of-its-kind comprehensive consumer healthcare platform that meets people where they are in their personal journeys and connects them with both the information and the care they need. RVO Health has the largest consumer health and wellness audience online. Every month, we help nearly 100 million people take steps on their daily journey to lifelong well-being. In short, we're changing the consumer health information business, and we need exceptional people like you to help us do it.

• Collaborate with high-performing teams to implement platform-as-a-product thinking, apply the DevOps philosophy, and identify secure, optimal cloud-based solutions in tandem with development teams.
• Apply AWS Well Architected Framework best practices to build scalable, resilient systems and design automated continuous delivery pipelines for secure-by-default microservices.
• Drive automation by designing self-healing systems, managing build and deployment processes, and continuously optimizing feedback loops to improve build times and development cycles.
• Support engineering teams, monitor application logs, respond to alerts, and ensure high system reliability, particularly for high-traffic systems supporting 15k+ requests per second.
• Contribute to team improvement initiatives and projects, including testing tools, process improvements, and test automation to improve security, reliability, maintainability, availability, and performance.
• Stay up-to-date with new cloud technologies and provide recommendations for platform enhancements while simplifying processes through self-service and automation.
• Identify and implement development methodologies that improve production practices, efficiency, and overall team productivity.
• Participate in on-call rotation for infrastructure layers and contribute to proactive, automated security measures to improve the organization’s security posture.
• Work on customer data and data management platforms

• 3+ years of Cloud/DevOps experience
• Software development experience
• Deep knowledge of AWS Cloud architecture, configuration, and deployment. Knowledge of other cloud providers is a plus.
• Experience with event/message broker systems, preferably Apache Kafka. 
• Experience with Git and GitHub for source control management, along with best practices and supporting tools.
• Experience with infrastructure as code technologies, preferably Terraform
  • Experience with Terraform Enterprise/Cloud is a plus.
• Experience creating and maintaining Continuous Integration Automation with platforms such as Github Actions
• Experience with containerization technologies Docker/OCI and container orchestration systems like Kubernetes and AWS ECS
• Strong scripting skills (Go, Bash, Python, Typescript) with the ability to develop tooling and integrate with 3rd party APIs
• Experience implementing observability and monitoring solutions, covering logging, metrics, tracing, and synthetics checks; Using platforms like Cloudwatch, Datadog, Prometheus, etc.
• Willingness to learn, a can-do attitude, and motivation to succeed and grow
• Extensive knowledge of DevOps / CloudOps best practices in an always-available environment
• Experience working in UNIX/Linux environments
• A security-first mindset and familiarity with cloud security best practices and compliance standards such as HIPAA and SOC2.
• Excitement about mentoring and training early career platform engineers

Pursuant to various state Fair Pay Acts, below is a summary of compensation elements for this role at the company. The following benefits are provided by RVO Health, subject to eligibility requirements.

• Starting Salary: $100,000 - $140,000
  *Note actual salary is based on geographic location, qualifications and experience
• Access to a Free Udemy for Business subscription—thousands of hours of learning content on hundreds of different subjects at your fingertips
• Health Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, and vision)
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay
• 401(k) with match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Bonding Benefit Program
• Pharmacy Benefits
• Income Protection Plans
• Pet Services Plans
• Mental Health Support
• Wellness Coaching
• HSA- Health Savings Account
• Commuter Benefits
• Gym & Fitness Center Discount Program

Who We Are: 

Founded in 2022, RVO Health is a new healthcare platform of digital media brands, services and technologies focused on building relationships with people throughout their health & wellness journey. We meet people where they are in their personal health journeys and connect them with both the information and the care they need. RVO Health was created by joining teams from both Red Ventures and UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Health. Together we’re focused on delivering on our vision of a stronger and healthier world. 

RVO Health is comprised of Healthline Media (Healthline, Medical News Today, Psych Central, Greatist and Bezzy), Healthgrades, FindCare and PlateJoy; Optum Perks, Optum Store and the virtual coaching platforms Real Appeal, Wellness Coaching, and QuitForLife. 

We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits program for full-time employees, including medical, dental and vision coverage, paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, 401(k) plan and a paid parental leave program. 

RVO Health is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or any other basis protected by law. Employment at RVO Health is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications.  

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities. This includes providing reasonable accommodation where appropriate. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to apply or participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected].

We do not provide visa sponsorship for this role at this time.

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