Job DescriptionPlatform EngineerEmployment: Contract-to-Hire (C2H)
Location: Plano/Frisco, TX preferred (Draper, UT | Columbus, OH | Chadds Ford, PA | Wilmington, DE | NYC/Manhattan.) candidates near other client locations may also be considered
Role OverviewWe are looking for strong
Software/Platform Engineers at multiple levels who have a solid software engineering background with a primary focus on
backend development (approximately 70%), along with frontend development and experience working with
AI-enabled engineering solutions.
This is
not a Cloud Infrastructure or Terraform-focused role. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on engineer who can design and build scalable applications, improve engineering and operational efficiency, automate software releases, and contribute to platform architecture.
Key Responsibilities - Develop and maintain scalable backend and full-stack applications.
- Work across backend and frontend technologies, with a strong emphasis on backend engineering.
- Design and develop APIs, SDKs, reusable frameworks, shared services, and web components.
- Contribute to platform engineering and software architecture at the appropriate level.
- Automate software releases and improve the overall SDLC.
- Drive improvements in engineering productivity and operational efficiency.
- Apply AI tools and AI-enabled engineering practices to development and automation.
- Work with AIDLC (AI Development Life Cycle) and modern AI engineering approaches.
- Collaborate on architecture, technical design, development, and engineering best practices.
- Work with Cloud technologies, preferably AWS, although Azure or Google Cloud Platform experience is also acceptable.
- Implement and improve DevOps and CI/CD processes.
Required / Preferred SkillsSoftware Engineering - Strong programming and software engineering fundamentals.
- Strong backend development experience.
- Full-stack development experience with frontend exposure.
- Experience with one or more languages such as Java, Python, Go/Golang, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
- Experience building APIs, SDKs, reusable components, or shared services.
Platform & Architecture - Platform Engineering experience.
- Software architecture and technical design experience.
- Experience developing scalable and reusable engineering solutions.
- Staff-level candidates should have strong architecture and technical leadership experience.
AI - Experience using AI tools in software development or engineering.
- Experience with AI-enabled development, automation, GenAI, LLMs, AI agents, agentic workflows, RAG, MCP, or similar technologies is a plus.
- Any relevant hands-on AI tool experience can be considered.
Cloud / DevOps - Cloud experience with AWS preferred;Azure or Google Cloud Platform is also acceptable.
- DevOps and CI/CD experience.
- Experience automating releases and improving development/release processes.
CertificationA
Cloud Certification is required for conversion to FTE.
Preferred certifications include:
- AWS Cloud Practitioner
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
- Google Cloud Digital Leader
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