Azure Cloud Platform Engineer: Backend & DevOps Automation

Pathstone; Bellevue, Newtown Square, New York, San Francisco (WA, Delaware County, NY, CA); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision and dental coverage

Flexible PTO

401(k)

Parental leave

Education support

Flexible spending options

Job summary

Pathstone seeks an Azure Cloud Engineer with strong backend engineering and automation skills to design, develop, and maintain backend systems that support DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and operations automation in Microsoft Azure.

You will build reliable APIs and integrations, modernize deployment processes, and collaborate with IT operations, security, and infrastructure teams to improve reliability and scalability across cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in programming and scripting languages such as C#, .NET, TypeScript, Python, and/or PowerShell.
• Experience designing and building backend services, APIs, integrations, and automation workflows.
• Experience building cloud-native solutions and supporting modern CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for scalable, secure deployments.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure services and cloud-native patterns for application hosting, automation, integration, and operations.
• Understanding of source control practices and CI/CD tooling used to manage build, test, release, and deployment workflows.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code concepts and repeatable environment management practices.
• Knowledge of databases (SQL, MongoDB and NoSQL) and data modeling.
• Understanding of monitoring, reliability, and operational support considerations in distributed systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services, APIs, and integrations that support deployment automation and cloud operations.
• Build reusable CI/CD, infrastructure, and operational automation patterns using infrastructure-as-code and secure DevOps practices.
• Develop integrations across Azure services and enterprise platforms to improve deployment efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, operations, and application teams to modernize platform engineering capabilities.
• Improve platform reliability, performance, monitoring, and operational visibility across cloud environments.
• Maintain engineering standards through code reviews, testing, documentation, and continuous improvement activities.
• Stay current with emerging cloud, automation, platform engineering, and DevOps technologies.

Skills

C#

.NET

TypeScript

Python

PowerShell

Backend development

Azure

CI/CD

API design

SQL

MongoDB

NoSQL

DevOps

Security best practices

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Terraform

Job description

Pathstone seeks an Azure Cloud Engineer with strong backend engineering and automation skills to design, develop, and maintain backend systems that support DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and operations automation in Microsoft Azure.

You will build reliable APIs and integrations, modernize deployment processes, and collaborate with IT operations, security, and infrastructure teams to improve reliability and scalability across cloud environments.