Platform Backend Engineer III — AI-Driven & Scalable

blueorigin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin in Seattle, WA seeks a Software Development Engineer III for Platform Software Services (PSS). You will build scalable backend services and APIs powering enterprise platform across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and mission operations.

Join a team delivering AI-assisted development, cloud-native solutions on AWS, and robust observability, with on-call duties and strong collaboration across product and engineering.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development with backend services
• Proficiency in Java and Python; strong knowledge of frontend basics
• Experience with AWS services and cloud-native architectures
• Familiarity with REST/GraphQL and CI/CD

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate scalable backend services and APIs
• Develop microservices using Java and Python with clean architecture
• Integrate internal systems using REST/GraphQL and messaging patterns
• Own platform reliability, observability, and on-call duties
• Build web interfaces with React and collaborate across teams

Skills

Java

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

REST API

GraphQL

SQS

SNS

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Observability

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

AI tools

Git

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD Pipelines

Job description

Blue Origin in Seattle, WA seeks a Software Development Engineer III for Platform Software Services (PSS). You will build scalable backend services and APIs powering enterprise platform across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and mission operations.

Join a team delivering AI-assisted development, cloud-native solutions on AWS, and robust observability, with on-call duties and strong collaboration across product and engineering.