Platform Automation Engineer

job summary:

The Senior Platform Engineer leads the design, development, and evolution of platform services, automation solutions, and cloud-native engineering capabilities that improve software delivery, reliability, scalability, security, and developer productivity. This role drives the creation of reusable platform products, shared services, self-service capabilities, and intelligent automation solutions while establishing engineering standards and best practices. Collaborating across engineering, product, architecture, security, and operations teams, the Senior Platform Engineer enables scalable platform adoption and advances organizational platform maturity across the AI-Driven Development Lifecycle (AIDLC).

This role specializes in SDLC automation and intelligent engineering, driving the architecture, standardization, and adoption of reusable frameworks, platform products, components, and self-service capabilities. Engineers leverage modern engineering practices, cloud-native technologies, AI-powered solutions, and agent-based automation to accelerate software delivery, improve platform reliability, enhance developer productivity, and enable intelligent autonomous workflows across the AIDLC.

location: Plano, Texas

job type: Contract

salary: $55 - 60 per hour

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors



responsibilities:

Essential Job Functions

• Platform Engineering & Platform Capabilities: Lead the design and evolution of scalable engineering platforms, products, and shared services. Architect reusable APIs, SDKs, frameworks, and self-service capabilities. Establish platform standards, patterns, and engineering practices. Drive platform modernization and cloud-native adoption. Implement governance guardrails for secure, compliant software delivery. Partner with teams to deliver enterprise solutions and improve developer experience.
• Intelligent Automation, AI Enabled Engineering: Lead development of intelligent automation solutions across the AI-Driven Development Lifecycle. Architect scalable automation frameworks, AI services, and platform capabilities. Drive adoption of automation-first and AI-assisted engineering practices. Design automation for development, testing, deployment, operations, governance, and security. Lead implementation of AI agents and intelligent workflows. Collaborate with teams to embed automation across engineering ecosystems.
• AI Engineering & Agent Platforms: Lead development of AI-powered engineering capabilities, autonomous workflows, and developer experiences. Architect and implement AI agents, orchestration frameworks, and agent-based solutions. Integrate LLMs, prompt engineering, context engineering, MCP, and RAG capabilities. Define standards and best practices for AI-enabled engineering. Evaluate emerging AI technologies and establish scalable adoption patterns.
• Developer Experience & Self-Service Engineering: Lead initiatives that improve developer experience through self-service platforms and enablement capabilities. Define standards and best practices for developer workflows. Build reusable templates, accelerators, and automation assets that increase efficiency. Drive platform adoption through technical leadership and enablement. Enhance engineering workflows using feedback and operational insights. Advocate developer-centric platform design and engineering excellence.
• Platform Operations, Reliability & Delivery Enablement: Lead integration of platform capabilities into engineering workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and operations. Design highly available, resilient, scalable, and observable platform solutions. Define deployment standards, governance controls, and reliability practices. Implement observability, operational intelligence, anomaly detection, and automated remediation. Drive adoption of IaC, cloud-native architectures, and automation. Use operational metrics and insights to improve platform performance and reliability.
• Security, Governance & Engineering Controls: Design and implement platform-wide security controls and governance capabilities. Establish secure-by-design practices and automated compliance controls. Lead policy enforcement, risk management, and compliance automation solutions. Define technology guardrails that balance agility and governance requirements. Partner with security, risk, and architecture teams to align with organizational standards. Continuously improve security through automation and proactive engineering initiatives.

qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or related field of study or equivalent, relevant work experience

5-8 years of experience in platform engineering, software engineering, cloud engineering, DevOps, automation engineering, or related disciplines. Strong hands-on experience with modern programming languages, cloud-native technologies, automation frameworks, and engineering platforms.

Proven experience designing and delivering scalable platform solutions, shared services, automation frameworks, reusable components, developer tools, and self-service capabilities.

Demonstrated experience leading technical initiatives and driving adoption of engineering best practices across teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Relevant industry certifications in cloud platforms, DevOps, platform engineering, software development, automation, AI/ML, data engineering, or related technologies are preferred.

Skills

Platform Engineering Strategy & Architecture

Engineering Platforms, Platform Products & Shared Services

Developer Experience (DevEx) & Self-Service Platforms

Reusable Components, APIs, SDKs, Frameworks & Accelerators

Intelligent Automation & AIDLC Enablement

AI-Assisted Engineering & Agent-Based Development

Platform Modernization & Cloud-Native Architectures

Cloud Engineering & Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

DevOps, CI/CD & Engineering Productivity

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) & Operational Excellence

Monitoring, Observability & Platform Reliability

Security, Governance & Engineering Controls

skills:

AI services,APIs,AI,AI Engineering,AI-enabled,emerging AI technologies,cloud-native engineering,cloud-native architectures,platform modernization,Design automation,orchestration frameworks,LLMs,prompt engineering,agility,resilient,reliability,proactive,Collaborating,anomaly detection,architecture,automation solutions,scalable automation,automation,automated,ecosystems,Lead development,governance,metrics,operational intelligence,policy enforcement,intelligent automation,Platform Engineer,Platform Engineering,compliance controls,risk,risk management,security,scalability,security controls,technical leadership,testing,workflows

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.