Platform Engineer

Kelly; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kelly in Toronto is seeking a Platform Engineer – Release Train Strategist II to advance platform engineering and software delivery modernization in a hybrid setting. You will partner with architecture, infrastructure, and product teams to accelerate adoption of modern engineering practices and tools.

The role emphasizes building and improving CI/CD pipelines, automation, and DevOps processes, while evaluating AI-assisted development tools and enabling GitHub Enterprise workflows across the

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software/platform engineering or related roles.
• DevOps experience with CI/CD, IaC, release automation and modern delivery.
• Experience implementing engineering practices in large enterprises.
• Experience evaluating/adopting AI-assisted development tools.
• Strong GitHub Enterprise & GitHub Actions experience.
• Understand practical AI use cases across the SDLC.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, collaboration, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support platform engineering and modernization initiatives.
• Design and implement CI/CD, automation, DevOps, and release processes.
• Evaluate and adopt AI-assisted engineering tools.
• Support GitHub Enterprise, Actions, source control, and workflows.
• Identify opportunities to automate and standardize workflows.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across architecture, engineering, and infra.
• Provide hands-on technical expertise for modernization initiatives.

Skills

8+ years experience

DevOps expert

Enterprise-scale delivery

AI tooling evaluation

GitHub Enterprise

AI/SDLC familiarity

Analytical & collaboration

Tools

GitHub Actions

Job description

Job Title: Platform Engineer – Release Train Strategist II

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

Duration: 12 months (Extension: Possible | Conversion: Possible)

About the Role

Join a leading financial institution supporting a Global Transaction Banking platform. This role focuses on platform engineering, software delivery modernization, DevOps transformation, and AI-enabled engineering within a large enterprise environment.

You will partner with engineering, architecture, infrastructure, and product teams to improve developer productivity, modernize software delivery, and accelerate adoption of modern engineering practices and tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Support platform engineering and software delivery modernization initiatives.
• Design and implement CI/CD, automation, DevOps, and release processes.
• Evaluate and adopt AI-assisted engineering and developer productivity tools.
• Support GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, source control, and developer workflows.
• Identify opportunities to automate and standardize engineering workflows.
• Collaborate with architecture, engineering, infrastructure, and platform teams.
• Provide hands-on technical expertise for priority modernization initiatives.

Must-Have Skills

• 8+ years of overall experience in software/platform engineering or related areas.
• Strong DevOps experience, including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, release automation, and software delivery modernization.
• Experience implementing modern engineering practices in large enterprise environments.
• Experience evaluating/adopting AI-assisted software development or engineering productivity tools.
• Strong GitHub Enterprise & GitHub Actions experience.
• Understanding of practical AI use cases across the SDLC.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, collaboration, and communication skills.