Platform Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Platform Engineer (Engineer / Senior Engineer / Staff Engineer)
• Work model: Hybrid; typically 1–2 days onsite per week
• Location: Must reside within 60 miles of Plano, TX (no California candidates)
• Employment: Contract-to-hire (C2C)

Description

Platform Engineers will build developer platforms and reusable engineering capabilities, including AI-powered solutions, for internal engineering customers. The role emphasizes software engineering and coding (not cloud-only/infrastructure/DevOps/Terraform work), with an expected split of ~70% backend and ~30% frontend. You will also automate SDLC/release workflows and develop AI engineering capabilities such as agentic AI and RAG.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend and frontend applications (full-stack engineers welcome)
• Develop internal platforms and tools: self-service platforms, reusable APIs, SDKs, shared services, engineering frameworks, developer productivity tools, and engineering guardrails/standards
• Automate SDLC processes, release automation, and engineering workflow automation to improve developer experience and operational efficiency
• Apply AI-assisted development; build AI agents/agentic AI and AI-driven engineering solutions, including RAG systems and MCP integrations

Requirements

• Strong software engineering fundamentals and strong coding ability
• Backend engineering expertise; system design and architecture understanding
• Experience building reusable components and platforms
• Ability to work across multiple technology stacks
• Comfortable building platform products for internal engineering customers
• Ability to collaborate with architecture, DevOps, and product teams
• Cloud certification required (AWS preferred); completed or in progress at hiring and completed before conversion to full-time

Benefits

• Contract-to-hire opportunity building enterprise developer platforms and AI-enabled engineering solutions
• Hybrid work (1–2 days onsite per week)
• Opportunity across Engineer, Senior Engineer, and Staff Engineer levels