Platform Engineer - Internal Dev Portal & Cloud Infra

Jobtailor; Colorado; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Cloud Platform & DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable infrastructure across AWS and GCP. You will drive Kubernetes, IaC foundations, and secure delivery pipelines.

You'll develop internal developer tooling with Backstage.io, create custom plugins, and advance CI/CD capabilities using GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, and modern observability with Datadog.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and managing an internal developer portal (Backstage.io).
• Custom plugin development for Backstage and platform customization using TypeScript/Node.js/React.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or GCP and familiarity with the other.
• Proficiency in IaC principles and Terraform.
• Solid experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI/CD.
• Strong understanding of SRE, SLOs, error budgets, and full-stack observability using Datadog.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate cloud platform and DevOps capabilities across AWS and GCP.
• Enable reliable, secure, and scalable delivery by developing Kubernetes and Infrastructure-as-Code foundations.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive automation, observability, and operational best practices across engineering teams.

Skills

Backstage plugins

TypeScript

Node.js

React

Cloud platforms

CI/CD pipelines

SRE concepts

Datadog observability

Kubernetes

Tools

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Cloud Platform & DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable infrastructure across AWS and GCP. You will drive Kubernetes, IaC foundations, and secure delivery pipelines.

You'll develop internal developer tooling with Backstage.io, create custom plugins, and advance CI/CD capabilities using GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, and modern observability with Datadog.