Platform Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Platform Engineer

Description

You will help develop and enhance an internal Integration Hub developer platform built around Azure API Management (APIM) and Backstage. The platform enables teams to discover, understand, and consume APIs through improved developer portal UX, API security, automation, and platform ownership. You will drive continuous improvements across API gateway operations, documentation, observability, and CI/CD-driven infrastructure deployment.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and enhance Azure API Management (onboarding, backend integrations, routing, gateway policies)

• Implement and maintain API authentication, authorization, and traffic management controls

• Establish monitoring, observability, and troubleshooting practices for API traffic and platform health

• Customize Backstage as the main entry point for the Integration Hub (usability, navigation, branding)

• Manage API documentation, ownership information, catalog metadata, and integrations across systems

• Develop or extend Backstage plugins and integrations

• Build/extend automated validation and linting for API specifications to enforce quality and documentation standards

• Integrate validation into CI/CD pipelines and automate deployments/configuration management using Infrastructure-as-Code

• Troubleshoot issues across API gateways, developer portals, catalogs, and cloud infrastructure

• Prepare technical documentation and onboarding materials for developers

• Collect developer feedback and contribute to technical decisions and the platform roadmap

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with Azure API Management or an equivalent API management platform

• Experience developing or extending Backstage or a similar Internal Developer Platform

• Solid understanding of REST APIs and OpenAPI specifications and API lifecycle management

• Strong development skills in TypeScript/JavaScript (Node.js and React)

• API security concepts (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT)

• Git-based development plus CI/CD pipelines and automation experience

• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or Bicep)

• Ability to troubleshoot across application, integration, infrastructure, and cloud environments

• Strong communication skills and collaboration with technical stakeholders

• Good command of English

Benefits

• Remote work or office in Wrocław

• Luxmed, Multisport, and life insurance (Nationale Nederlanden)

• Respect for private life: no overtime or weekend work expectation

• Flexible working hours (core 9–15)

• Training budget and paid time for personal training

• Additional perks: Passion Day, referral system, team and company events

• High-quality work equipment (including 2 additional monitors)