Platform Engineering

Job Description:

• We are looking for a talented IDP Tools Engineer to design develop and optimize our Internal Developer Platform IDP tools and solutions
• As part of our platform engineering team you will play a key role in building and supporting a unified developer centric platform that empowers engineering teams to access manage and deploy their services with minimal friction
• Your work will help accelerate development cycles improve developer experience and create scalable tools that integrate various systems across our organization

Key Responsibilities:

• Design develop and maintain Internal Developer Platform IDP tools ensuring they meet the needs of engineering teams
• Build and enhance self service capabilities such as resource provisioning CI CD pipelines and service management within the platform
• Integrate multiple tools and services e
• g
• Git Jenkins Kubernetes Helm etc
• into a unified developer experience
• Ensure platform tools are highly scalable available and meet security and performance standards
• Automate manual processes and remove friction from the development lifecycle by creating easy to use interfaces and automation workflows
• Work closely with development teams to identify pain points and implement solutions that improve productivity and reduce complexity
• Continuously optimize platform tools for performance security and developer experience
• Work with engineering security and DevOps teams to ensure that IDP tools meet all operational and security requirements
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to design and integrate new features and services into the IDP ecosystem
• Provide documentation and training to help engineering teams adopt platform tools effectively
• Monitor platform performance gather feedback and iteratively improve the tools to address evolving needs
• Stay updated on emerging trends in platform engineering and developer productivity continuously improving IDP capabilities
• Ensure a smooth developer experience through proactive problem solving debugging and technical support

Technical Requirements:

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience
• 8 years of experience in software engineering DevOps or platform engineering with a focus on IDP tools or developer productivity platforms
• 3 years of experience with DevOps CI CD Terraform Kubernetes Docker Jenkins Service Mesh Cloud DevOps Automation AWS Azure GCP
• 2 years of experience and proficiency in IDP toolsets such as Backstage Humanitec Port Cortex or other similar platforms
• Strong programming scripting skills in languages such as Python Go JavaScript or similar
• Experience with CI CD tools like Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI or similar
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes for service orchestration
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code IaC tools such as Terraform CloudFormation or Ansible
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms like AWS Azure or GCP

Additional Responsibilities:

• Experience with observability tools e
• g
• Prometheus Grafana Datadog to monitor platform usage and performance
• Experience with security best practices in a developer platform context e
• g
• role based access control token management
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies Scrum Kanban and working in cross functional teams

Preferred Skills:

Foundational->Development process generic->Platform Engineering process