Platform Engineer — AWS, IaC & End-to-End Features

MBTA

Boston (MA)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 150,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

The MBTA is seeking a Software Engineer who contributes end-to-end features and helps improve code quality across the tech stack, shaping technical solutions with Product Managers and refining requirements for complex problems.

This role emphasizes platform engineering, building shared tooling, pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code resources to boost developer productivity and system reliability using AWS-based resources and modern automation.

Qualifications

Two (2) years of relevant professional experience in software engineering.
Experience independently delivering features end-to-end to solve problems.
Experience applying software engineering principles and practices to quickly and creatively achieve team or project goals.
Experience with monitoring, on-call, incident response, and reliability engineering.
Strong debugging and investigative skills.
Experience with software testing best practices and CI/CD.
Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into technology.
Strong communication skills.
Demonstrated proficiency in at least one or more programming languages.
As part of the selection process, candidates will be asked to complete and pass job-related technical assessments, which may include a software design diagramming exercise and/or a timed coding exercise.
Ability to participate in on-call rotation of technology systems and services.

Responsibilities

Perform a wide variety of software engineering tasks in the relevant languages.
Deliver and maintain well-architected features from design through implementation.
Demonstrate strong fundamental coding and debugging skills by writing reliable, maintainable code while demonstrating a strong understanding of possible tradeoffs to meet deadlines by effectively articulating impacts and proposing solutions.
Contribute to on-call rotations and address routine incidents.
Follow engineering standards, including code reviews, documentation, and testing. Participate and offer constructive feedback to improve.
Improve maintainability and reduce complexity through refactoring.
Investigate defects and lead feasibility assessments to identify improvements.
Protect data security, compliance, and privacy across all work activities by following secure coding practices.
Participate in team rituals (stand-ups, planning, retros).
Work collaboratively with UX and PMs to refine requirements for difficult problems and reduce unnecessary scope.
Participate in on-call rotation of technology systems and services.
Perform all other duties and projects that may be assigned.