Principal Platform Engineer is open at Shift5 in Rosslyn, VA or Remote. The posting gives a salary of $255K - $280K. Posted on Oct 6, 2026, and still on Shift5’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
& Team The Platform Engineering team owns four core capabilities: Operating Systems (BaseOS, Manifold, Yocto), Cloud & Infrastructure (AWS/GovCloud to edge), Developer Experience (CI/CD guardrails, internal tooling), and AI Enablement (secure AI orchestration and tooling). As Principal Platform Engineer , you are the senior-most individual contributor on the team, serving as the primary technical anchor for…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Shift5’s careers page.
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