[All remote jobs](https://jobicy.com/jobs.md)[![CentralReach logo](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2022/07/a0eac9f542eb8c3fff7c19990dd5c1bb.jpg)](https://jobicy.com/company/centralreach.md)[CentralReach](https://jobicy.com/company/centralreach.md) # Principal Platform Engineer Review the role, location requirements, compensation details, and application process before deciding whether this opportunity fits your next career move. [Apply for this job](#job-application)[View company](https://jobicy.com/company/centralreach.md)ShareRemote from[USA](https://jobicy.com/job-region/usa.md)SalaryUSD 200k–215k / yrDepartment[DevOps & Infrastructure](https://jobicy.com/categories/admin.md)EmploymentFull TimeExperienceSeniorPublished1 Oct 2026Apply before31 Oct 2026Listing views45Application actions2Application toolkit ## Make your next move. Prepare your resume, explore your fit, and draft a cover letter for this opportunity. AI Summary ## The role, at a glance. CentralReach is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to set technical direction for a secure, resilient, and scalable cloud platform serving healthcare and education technology products. The role combines hands-on platform engineering with principal-level architecture leadership across AWS, Kubernetes, GitOps, ArgoCD, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and observability. Key priorities include modernizing legacy infrastructure, improving service reliability through SLOs and incident readiness, and creating self-service tooling that improves developer productivity. The engineer will influence cross-functional architecture decisions, establish durable operational standards, and mentor senior engineers. This is a high-impact remote US role supporting mission-critical systems used by clinicians, educators, and care teams. ## Role DNA A quick view of the complexity, pace, ownership and collaboration implied by the job description. ### Job Complexity 5/5EasyHard ### Pace & Pressure 4/5RelaxedFast-paced ### Autonomy Level 5/5GuidedFull ownership ### Communication Load 5/5IndependentCollaborative AI insightThis principal-level role requires more than 10 years of experience and deep technical judgment across cloud architecture, reliability, security, and platform modernization. Success depends on leading complex cross-team change while remaining hands-on with production platform tooling and mentoring experienced engineers. ## Salary analysis Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles. Estimated job medianMarket rate$207,500US market range$190k–$240k0$264k AI insightThe disclosed base salary range is $200,000 to $215,000 USD yearly, with a midpoint of $207,500. This is competitive for a US-based principal platform engineering role; a typical US market base-salary range is approximately $190,000 to $240,000, depending on location, company scale, and scope of technical leadership. ## Core skills Skills and capabilities most closely associated with this opportunity. [AWS](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=AWS.md)[Kubernetes](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Kubernetes.md)[GitOps](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=GitOps.md)[ArgoCD](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=ArgoCD.md)[CI/CD](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=CICD.md)[Infrastructure as Code](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Infrastructure%20as%20Code.md)[Observability](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Observability.md)[Site Reliability Engineering](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Site%20Reliability%20Engineering.md)[Cloud Architecture](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Cloud%20Architecture.md)[DevOps](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=DevOps.md) Sample interview questionsHow would you approach modernizing legacy applications into service-based deployments without disrupting critical healthcare workflows?I would begin with application and dependency mapping, operational-risk assessment, and measurable target architecture principles. I would prioritize incremental modernization using patterns such as strangler migrations, establish automated deployment and rollback controls, and validate each transition with reliability, security, and performance metrics. Describe how you would implement SLOs and observability standards across a diverse platform ecosystem. I would identify user-critical service journeys, define SLIs that reflect availability, latency, correctness, and operational health, and set pragmatic SLOs with error budgets. I would standardize telemetry, dashboards, alerts, and runbooks so teams can detect issues quickly and use error-budget signals to guide reliability investments. What does an effective GitOps operating model look like for Kubernetes environments? An effective model uses version-controlled declarative configuration as the source of truth, automated reconciliation through tools such as ArgoCD, and protected pull-request workflows for review and auditability. It should also include environment promotion standards, secrets-management controls, policy enforcement, drift detection, and safe rollback procedures. How would you improve developer productivity through platform engineering? I would gather developer feedback and delivery metrics to identify recurring friction, then build paved-road capabilities such as reusable deployment templates, self-service environment provisioning, CI/CD libraries, and standardized observability. The goal is to reduce cognitive load while preserving sensible security and reliability guardrails. How do you lead technically when you do not directly manage the engineers who must adopt your platform standards? I establish credibility through clear technical reasoning, practical prototypes, and a strong understanding of teams' constraints. I involve stakeholders early, connect standards to measurable business and operational outcomes, create adoption paths rather than mandates alone, and mentor influential engineers who can help scale the change. Opportunity details ## About this role. CentralReach is a leading provider of autism and IDD care software for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), multidisciplinary therapy, and special education. Trusted by more than 200,000 users, we enable therapy providers, educators, and employers to scale the way they deliver ABA and related therapies with innovative technology, market-leading industry expertise, and world-class customer satisfaction. CentralReach’s Platform Engineering group builds the cloud platform, data infrastructure, observability systems, automation, and reliability services that power products used every day by clinicians, educators, employers, and care teams. We focus on creating resilient, secure, high-performing systems that help our customers deliver better outcomes for the people they serve. This is an opportunity to do meaningful work on systems that matter, collaborate with talented engineering teams, and help shape the reliability practices behind a mission-driven healthcare technology platform. As a Principal Platform Engineer, you will define and advance the cloud platform capabilities that enable secure, reliable, and scalable product delivery. You will partner across Platform Engineering, Software Engineering, and architecture forums to modernize legacy systems, strengthen reliability practices, improve developer experience, and shape future platform investments. You will bring hands-on depth in AWS, Kubernetes, GitOps, ArgoCD, observability, automation, and delivery tooling while mentoring engineers and raising the technical standards for how services are built, deployed, and operated. Key Accountabilities: * Define the technical vision for secure, resilient, scalable cloud platform services that improve developer productivity and customer outcomes. * Lead modernization of legacy infrastructure and help guide application developers from legacy software designs toward modern, service-based deployments through collaboration and coordination. * Establish platform reliability practices, including SLOs, observability, operational readiness, incident response, and continuous KPI improvement. * Raise delivery standards through safer deployments, stronger security controls, robust data protection, and disciplined asset management. * Improve developer experience by building effective tooling, feedback loops, and self-service capabilities that significantly increase engineering productivity. * Mentor engineers and influence architecture, standards, and execution across teams through principal-level technical leadership. Desired Skills and Experience: * 10+ years building and operating mission-critical platforms across DevOps, infrastructure, cloud, or software engineering. * Principal-level architecture judgment across scalability, reliability, security, observability, and operational excellence. * Advanced AWS expertise across compute, networking, storage, identity, containers, serverless, messaging, data, and observability services. * Deep hands-on capability with CI/CD, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes, GitOps practices, ArgoCD and associated tooling, deployment automation, source control, and production scripting. * Comfort contributing to cross-functional architecture forums, shaping future platform investments through strong technical perspectives and collaborative influence. * Proven ability to mentor senior engineers, set durable standards, and strengthen a high-accountability platform engineering culture. #LI-Remote Base Salary Range $200,000—$215,000 USD Backed by Roper Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROP), CentralReach is entering an exciting phase of growth, innovation, and scale. Recognized as one of the best places to work over 10 times by organizations such as Inc, Built In, and NJBIZ, our culture is centered around impact, inclusion, and flexibility. As a hybrid company with collaborative offices in Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Holmdel, NJ; and Verona, Italy, we foster a workplace where top talent can thrive and make a real difference in the lives of those we serve. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive health benefits, generous PTO, 401(k) matching, and paid parental leave to our full-time employees. Our team members also enjoy hybrid work schedules, career development support, wellness programs, and opportunities to give back through CR Cares™, our community engagement initiative. Be part of a market leader driving the future of care. 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