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title: 'Staff Platform Engineer at Grayscale Investments'
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# Staff Platform Engineer at Grayscale Investments

- **Company:** Grayscale Investments
- **Location:** Stamford, CT
- **Posted:** 2026-09-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-29
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/grayscaleinvestments/jobs/7996305003

## Job description

Grayscale is the largest digital asset-focused investment platform in the world by AUM and offers the broadest selection of digital asset investment products in the U.S. based on number of products.

Our platform spans the full spectrum of institutional-grade solutions—from single-asset exposures to diversified and thematic strategies—with a goal of providing every investor with access to the hyper-expanding digital asset universe.  Our firm offers a rare combination of decades of traditional finance work experience and digital asset leadership that brings an institutional mindset to the maturing digital asset industry. This convergence of capabilities positions us to deliver investment solutions and client experiences that are both institutionally robust and technologically advanced, which we believe offers a competitive edge that is difficult to replicate.

We’re proud of our deep crypto expertise and work closely with individual and institutional investors as they explore this asset class as part of their portfolio allocation.

Position Summary:

Grayscale Investments is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to join our Engineering team and own the AWS platform that underpins all of Grayscale's technology delivery. You will lead cloud initiatives end to end, including account and environment foundations, new environment builds and migrations, developer self-service, reliability, and cost governance. This is a shared enabling role. Your work will make every squad faster by giving them secure, observable, and repeatable paths to production. You will partner closely with engineering leads, architecture, and cybersecurity to build a modern, well-governed cloud environment. This role reports into the Head of Engineering and works closely with our Lead Architect.

Tech Stack:

We utilize AWS as our cloud platform, structured through AWS Organizations and Control Tower, enabling scalable and secure infrastructure. Our infrastructure is managed using Terraform, and we are increasingly adopting containerized workflows alongside serverless services such as AWS Lambda. We rely on GitLab for our CI/CD processes. There is significant opportunity to modernize our cloud posture, accelerate developer productivity, and build an internal developer platform.

Responsibilities:

- Lead AWS cloud initiatives end to end, including new account and environment builds, workload migrations, and platform modernization
- Own the AWS landing zone and account vending model so new teams, products, and environments can be stood up quickly and consistently
- Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS using Terraform, Docker, and related IaC tooling
- Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines in GitLab to ensure smooth, secure, and efficient software delivery
- Embed security, compliance, and governance into the platform by default, partnering with the Head of Cybersecurity on controls, ITGC evidence, and audit readiness
- Lead FinOps practices, including tagging, cost visibility, Savings Plans, rightsizing, and cost tradeoff recommendations to leadership
- Own platform reliability, including observability, SLOs, DR and multi-region patterns, capacity planning, and incident and on-call practices
- Build golden paths and reusable Terraform modules that let squads self-serve infrastructure, pipelines, and environments
- Ensure high-quality infrastructure delivery through strong collaboration with product, engineering, and security
- Set architecture standards and technical direction for cloud and delivery, in coordination with engineering leadership
- Evaluate and integrate platform tooling and partners, including build vs. buy decisions
- Stay current on industry trends and emerging technologies in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and platform engineering
- Mentor engineers across the organization on infrastructure, cloud architecture, and operational excellence, acting as a leverage point for work you do not personally deliver

Qualifications:

- 8+ years in platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure roles with deep AWS experience across Organizations, networking, IAM, serverless, and containers.
- Demonstrable track record of setting technical direction that others adopted: a pattern, standard, or platform used beyond your own project.
- Experience leading a cloud migration, account restructure, or greenfield AWS environment build.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Strong proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar).
- Deep experience with containerization (Docker, ECS, EKS) and serverless architectures (Lambda, Step Functions).
- Expertise in CI/CD pipeline design and management, preferably with GitLab.
- Solid understanding of security, compliance automation, and policy-as-code as default parts of platform design.
- Deep knowledge of cloud governance, cost optimization, and architectural best practices on AWS.
- Ability to translate business and engineering needs into infrastructure solutions and platform capabilities.
- Experience building an internal developer platform or self-service tooling treated as a product.
- Strong Agile proficiency with practical application to deliver incremental, high-quality solutions.
- Excellent analytical and communication skills, capable of influencing both technical and business stakeholders.
- Ability to manage complex project timelines in fast-paced environments.
- Experience working in a regulated industry and/or Financial Services.
- Strong interpersonal skills, adept at building collaborative relationships across teams and stakeholders.
- AWS certifications (expected, or willingness to obtain)

The salary range for this position is $195,000-$295,000 annually, based on experience and qualifications. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental and Vision; a 401(k)-retirement plan with company match; a generous PTO policy; a flexible work environment with remote weeks; fertility and family planning benefits; health allowances; commuter reimbursement; and other perks.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

## About Grayscale Investments

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Grayscale Investments is a crypto-focused asset manager that enables investors to access the digital economy through a family of single asset, diversified, and thematic investment products.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Stamford, Connecticut, United States
- **Founded**: 2013
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (founded by the team at Digital Currency Group, which remains the parent company)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services / Crypto Asset Management
- **Target customers**: Institutional investors, financial advisors, allocators, and accredited investors (B2B/Institutional focus)
- **Mission or purpose**: To transform disruptive digital technologies into accessible investment opportunities and deepen understanding of the crypto landscape.

## Products & Services
- **Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC)**: A publicly-traded Bitcoin investment fund that was the first of its kind, allowing investors to gain Bitcoin exposure through a traditional security.
- **Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE)**: The first SEC-reporting Ethereum investment fund, offering similar regulated exposure to Ether.
- **Grayscale ETF Suite**: Includes Bitcoin ETF, Ethereum ETF, and other recently filed products (Solana ETF, XRP Large Cap Fund, etc.) designed for exchange-traded accessibility.
- **Grayscale Private Funds**: Tailored investment vehicles for institutional and accredited investors seeking concentrated crypto exposure.
- **Grayscale Research & Education**: Proprietary insights, market reports, and educational resources published to help investors navigate the digital asset space.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company; GBTC alone is a publicly traded trust)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of **$156.0 million** (LinkedIn estimate)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by Digital Currency Group (DCG), with institutional-grade partners including industry-leading custodians, auditors, and legal advisors. Key client talent sourced from firms like Goldman Sachs (6 hires), J.P. Morgan (4 hires), EY (4 hires), and BNY (4 hires).
- **Growth Signals**: 25.0% year-over-year headcount growth (+30 new employees), expanding product lineup into new ETF filings (Solana, XRP), and a growing global presence with offices and remote workers in Romania, Georgia, and Australia.

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover and regulatory moat**: Pioneered the first publicly-traded Bitcoin and Ethereum funds, operating within established SEC-reporting frameworks—a trust advantage in a rapidly evolving but uncertain regulatory environment.
- **Tenure and brand trust**: With over a decade of specialized crypto asset management, Grayscale is the largest digital asset-focused investment platform, trusted by advisors and allocators.
- **Institutional-grade operations**: Backed by custodians, auditors, and a leadership team with deep traditional finance experience, bridging the gap between crypto and regulated markets.
- **Product breadth**: A full suite from single-asset trusts to diversified funds and ETFs, covering both retail and institutional demand.

## Strategic Focus
- **ETF expansion and product diversification**: Continually filing for and launching new ETFs (e.g., Solana, XRP) to expand accessible crypto exposure.
- **Education and research leadership**: Investing in proprietary research and content to position Grayscale as the go-to educational authority for crypto investing.
- **Talent acquisition from traditional finance**: Actively hiring from top-tier banks and asset managers (Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank) to bring institutional rigor to crypto.
- **Global distribution growth**: Building out distribution teams (Vice President, National Accounts; Market Leader roles) to penetrate deeper into wealth management and advisory channels.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture and benefits**: 100% company-paid medical, vision, and dental premiums; 401k match $1 for $1 up to 5% (fully vested); state-of-the-art waterfront offices with casual dress code, outdoor terraces, barista/smoothie bar, free gourmet breakfast & lunch, and fully stocked beverage fridge and snack pantry.
- **Work environment**: Hybrid/office-first culture centered primarily in Stamford, CT (HQ) and New York City, with growing remote presence in select global locations (Romania, Georgia, Australia).
- **Engineering culture**: Technical teams (9 employees, 6% of workforce) working on product and data science roles—this is a fintech/asset management hybrid, not a heavy engineering shop, but data scientists and client insights roles are actively hired.
- **Career growth**: High growth trajectory (25% YoY headcount expansion) and significant recent departures at the director/senior VP level suggest regular restructuring and upward mobility. The firm is in an "industry rapidly evolving and institutionalizing."
- **Notable perks**: Casual dress code, free gourmet meals, active social media and marketing team, and office in a waterfront location in Stamford.

## Sources
1. [grayscale.com](https://www.grayscale.com/)
2. [grayscale.com - About Us](https://www.grayscale.com/company/about-grayscale)
3. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/grayscaleinvestments)
4. [grayscale.com - Careers](https://www.grayscale.com/company/careers)
5. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/grayscale-investments)

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