Platform Engineer (6-Month Contract) — AWS EKS & CI/CD

University of Chicago; United States; On-site; USD 93,000 - 156,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Chicago's CTDS seeks a Temporary Platform Engineer with strong Full-Stack Development experience to support, optimize, and scale hybrid and public cloud infrastructure. You will drive efficiency in AWS EKS and ArgoCD pipelines, while contributing to backend and frontend codebases.

You will work at the intersection of infrastructure and code, collaborating with data scientists and researchers to implement scalable, secure cloud architectures and robust CI/CD processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field required.
• Deep, hands-on production experience with AWS EKS and ArgoCD is required.
• Strong proficiency in Python and/or Go preferred.
• Solid experience with modern JavaScript frameworks, specifically Next.js is required.
• Strong technical knowledge of AWS services (including Lambda), serverless architectures, and secure networking.

Responsibilities

• Infrastructure & GitOps: Manage, optimize, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters using AWS EKS and drive continuous delivery via ArgoCD.
• Full-Stack Development: Write, review, and debug application code across our ecosystem - supporting both backend services and frontend user interfaces.
• CI/CD & Automation: Design, maintain, and improve robust CI/CD pipelines across commercial cloud environments (primarily AWS).
• Production Support: Triage, research, and mitigate complex production incidents, utilizing monitoring tools to proactively ensure platform stability.
• Technical Problem Solving: Identify opportunities for performance optimization, security automation, and technical improvements within the production ecosystem.

Skills

Python

Go

Next.js

Frontend development

Full-Stack development

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS EKS

ArgoCD

AWS

Lambda

Next.js

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

The University of Chicago's CTDS seeks a Temporary Platform Engineer with strong Full-Stack Development experience to support, optimize, and scale hybrid and public cloud infrastructure. You will drive efficiency in AWS EKS and ArgoCD pipelines, while contributing to backend and frontend codebases.

You will work at the intersection of infrastructure and code, collaborating with data scientists and researchers to implement scalable, secure cloud architectures and robust CI/CD processes.