# Senior Platform Engineer at Focused Space

- Company: Focused Space
- What the company does: Backed by 500 Global.
- Company website: https://www.focused.space
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $130K to $180K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-16
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/focused/jobs/7983908003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/focused-space-senior-platform-engineer-2/

## About the role

At Focused, we move quickly to deliver quality software that achieves client outcomes and meets their customer’s needs. We strategically partner with our clients to leverage our expertise in design and software, while our clients bring their own domain expertise. We work with a variety of clients from different industries, collaborating as we get new products to market, modernizing legacy systems, or helping teams learn the skills they need to be successful.

## What they're looking for

- Augment existing infrastructure with with integrated observability solutions
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, etc
- Architect and manage Kubernetes clusters with comprehensive monitoring and logging
- Build CI/CD pipelines with embedded observability and automated testing
- Establish and maintain Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Objectives (SLOs), and Agreements (SLAs)
- Implement error budgets, toil reduction strategies, and capacity planning

Tags: Engineering