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title: 'Senior Platform Engineer (Kubernetes, Application Infrastructure) at Whoop'
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# Senior Platform Engineer (Kubernetes, Application Infrastructure) at Whoop

- **Company:** [Whoop](https://feeny.ai/companies/whoop)
- **Location:** Boston, MA
- **Compensation:** $150k–$215k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-07-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/whoop/a78d74bf-35c7-4a66-8ec8-b1b7c35ce840/application

**Skills:** Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, Java, C#, Python, Container networking, Overlay networking, Service meshes, Network policies, Multi-cluster Kubernetes, IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, CloudTrail, Organizations, Infrastructure as Code, Kafka

> WHOOP is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, develop, and operate scalable Kubernetes infrastructure on AWS. The role involves driving architectural decisions, improving CI/CD capabilities, and mentoring engineers to enhance deployment safety and release velocity.

## Job description

At WHOOP, we're on a mission to unlock human performance and healthspan. WHOOP empowers members to perform at a higher level and live longer through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives. Protecting our members’ data and ensuring our systems scale securely and reliably is core to this mission.

The Application Infrastructure team enables iOS, Android, Backend, and Web engineers to reliably and quickly deliver new features to members. We own and operate critical shared infrastructure, including Kubernetes and Kafka, and build the tooling and guardrails that allow teams across WHOOP to ship safely at high velocity.

As a Senior Platform Engineer on the AppInfra team, you will play a key role in driving large-scale architecture projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and implement infrastructure that is highly scalable, resilient, and secure. You will build systems that help increase the safety of deployments to Kubernetes while also increasing the velocity of releasing new features. You will be responsible for ensuring optimal performance and stability for the entire software delivery pipeline. You will help set the direction of the AppInfra team to impact engineers across all WHOOP technology stacks.

## RESPONSIBILITIES

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- Design, develop, and operate WHOOP’s Kubernetes clusters running on AWS infrastructure
- Drive architectural decisions to improve scalability, resiliency, performance, and security across the build and deployment platform
- Build systems and tooling that increase deployment safety and accelerate release velocity to Kubernetes
- Advance CI/CD capabilities to support frequent, reliable production deployments
- Lead developer productivity improvements through tooling, automation, and platform integrations
- Partner with application, security, and data teams to embed secure-by-default infrastructure practices
- Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems to continuously improve platform reliability
- Mentor and provide technical leadership to engineers on the Application Infrastructure team
- Help define and execute the long-term roadmap for infrastructure and Kubernetes management at WHOOP

## QUALIFICATIONS:

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- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform, Site Reliability, CloudEngineering, or Backend Software Engineering roles
- Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture and core components
- Strong knowledge of container networking concepts, including overlay networking, service meshes, and network policies
- Experience with multi-cluster Kubernetes environments and inter-cluster communication patterns
- Hands-on experience operating cloud infrastructure, preferably in AWS (e.g., IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, CloudTrail, Organizations)
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g. Terraform)
- Experience developing backend or infrastructure-adjacent services using Java, C#, or Python
- Proven ability to evaluate system performance, identify bottlenecks, and use data to drive improvements
- Experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders and prioritizing work for maximum business impact

## BONUS QUALIFICATIONS:

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- Experience operating Kafka or other large-scale distributed systems
- Experience with Kubernetes security best practices, including RBAC, secrets management, and pod security standards
- Exposure to service reliability practices such as SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets
- Prior experience supporting compliance or security-focused infrastructure initiatives

## ABOUT YOU:

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- You bring a security-first mindset to everything you build and operate
- You enjoy working on infrastructure that enables hundreds of engineers to move faster
- You’re comfortable operating in complex, high-scale production environments
- You enjoy teaching, mentoring, and raising the technical bar for those around you
- You’re curious, adaptable, and excited to learn across a wide range of systems and technologies

Learn more about our Software Org and how to be successful in your engineering career at WHOOP via our Career Framework https://engineering.prod.whoop.com/careerframework.

This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.

Interested in the role, but don’t meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply! At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience. As we continue to build a diverse and inclusive environment, we encourage anyone who is interested in this role to apply.

WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify https://www.e-verify.gov/ to determine employment eligibility.  It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

The WHOOP compensation philosophy is designed to attract, motivate, and retain exceptional talent by offering competitive base salaries, meaningful equity, and consistent pay practices that reflect our mission and core values.

At WHOOP, we view total compensation as the combination of base salary, equity, and benefits, with equity serving as a key differentiator that aligns our employees with the long-term success of the company and allows every member of our corporate team to own part of WHOOP and share in the company’s long-term growth and success.

The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $150,000 - $215,000. Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within each range, individual pay is based on factors such as job-related skills, experience, performance, and relevant education or training.

In addition to the base salary, the successful candidate will also receive benefits and a generous equity package.

These ranges may be modified in the future to reflect evolving market conditions and organizational needs. While most offers will typically fall toward the starting point of the range, total compensation will depend on the candidate’s specific qualifications, expertise, and alignment with the role’s requirements.

## About Whoop

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: WHOOP is a human performance optimization platform that uses a wearable device and 24/7 monitoring to help members improve sleep, strain, recovery, and overall health.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage not publicly available in provided sources)
- **Headquarters**: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Founded**: 2012
- **Founders**: Will Ahmed

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Wearable health technology, human performance optimization
- **Target customers**: B2C (consumers, athletes) and B2B (professional sports teams, organizations)
- **Mission**: “To unlock human performance and Healthspan.” [whoop.com - About](https://www.whoop.com/us/en/about/)

## Products & Services
- **WHOOP 5.0 + Subscription**: A non-screen wrist-worn wearable with 14+ day battery life that continuously monitors sleep, strain, recovery, heart rate, heart rate variability, and 65+ biomarkers. The platform provides personalized coaching, blood pressure insights, women’s hormonal insights, VO₂ max, heart rate zones, and mental health tracking. Type: Hardware + SaaS subscription. [whoop.com - Homepage](https://www.whoop.com/us/en/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available from provided sources
- **Key Metric**: Not publicly available (annual revenue not disclosed); estimated headcount of 500 employees [Built In Boston](https://www.builtinboston.com/company/whoop)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not disclosed in provided sources
- **Growth Signals**: 500 total employees; hybrid workspace (4 days on-site per week); actively hiring across Engineering, AI/ML, Data & Analytics, Product, and Design; only 0.13% of applicants are hired, indicating high selectivity and strong talent demand. [whoop.com - Careers](https://www.whoop.com/us/en/careers/) | [Built In Boston](https://www.builtinboston.com/company/whoop)

## Competitive Advantages
- Proprietary 24/7 physiological monitoring with advanced sensor technology and an ultra-long battery life (14+ days)
- Deep scientific foundation – founded after reviewing over 500 medical papers
- Personalized coaching and insight delivery based on individual biometric data
- Strong brand recognition among elite athletes and mainstream consumers
- Privacy-first design with encrypted data storage [whoop.com - Homepage](https://www.whoop.com/us/en/)

## Strategic Focus
- Expanding health insights: introducing blood pressure monitoring, women’s hormonal health features, and heart health tracking
- Enhancing AI/ML capabilities (evident from many open AI/ML roles) [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/whoop)
- Deepening enterprise/B2B partnerships with sports organizations and research institutions
- Continuing to build out Healthspan and longevity features

## Why Work Here
- **Hybrid workspace** – employees are on-site 4 days a week in Boston’s “best office” [whoop.com - Careers](https://www.whoop.com/us/en/careers/)
- **Benefits** – flexible time off, above-market compensation, paid parental leave, health support [whoop.com - Careers](https://www.whoop.com/us/en/careers/)
- **Employee Resource Groups** – ADAPT (disability inclusion), BLACK@WHOOP, LGBTQ+ (WHOOP GOOP), Veterans and Military Personnel, Women of WHOOP, Women in Science and Engineering, WHOOP Parents [whoop.com - Careers](https://www.whoop.com/us/en/careers/)
- **High selectivity** – only 0.13% of applicants are hired, reflecting a rigorous, standards-driven culture [whoop.com - Careers](https://www.whoop.com/us/en/careers/)
- **Equal Opportunity Employer** – committed to diversity and inclusion in all employment decisions [whoop.com - Careers](https://www.whoop.com/us/en/careers/)

## Sources
1. [whoop.com - Careers](https://www.whoop.com/us/en/careers/)
2. [whoop.com - About](https://www.whoop.com/us/en/about/)
3. [whoop.com - Homepage](https://www.whoop.com/us/en/)
4. [Built In Boston - WHOOP Office Profile](https://www.builtinboston.com/company/whoop)
5. [jobs.lever.co - WHOOP Job Listings](https://jobs.lever.co/whoop)

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