Platform Engineer: Scalable Backend & Platform Services

Bain & Company; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 67,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Bain & Company is seeking a Platform Engineer to join the PEG Innovation team in a hybrid model. You will develop and operate backend services powering Bain's diligence platform, writing FastAPI endpoints, maintaining Postgres schemas, and ensuring reliability at scale.

Responsibilities include building APIs, implementing event-driven patterns, and contributing to observability and security. A Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of backend experience are required, with in-depth knowledge of Docker,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/engineering.
• 2+ years building backend services, APIs, or platform components.
• Experience with REST APIs, Postgres migrations, and reliable service design.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native deployments.
• Understanding of JWT/RBAC/OIDC in secure-by-default services.

Responsibilities

• Implement backend features and endpoints under guidance.
• Build REST APIs in FastAPI with clear contracts and validation.
• Maintain Postgres schemas and Alembic migrations with safe patterns.
• Use Redis for caching, session storage, and rate limiting.
• Apply event-driven integration where it adds value.
• Instrument services with logs, traces, and metrics (Datadog).
• Manage Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests for AKS deployments.
• Contribute to Terraform IaC for Azure across environments.
• Participate in GitHub Actions pipelines and CI/CD workflows.
• Triage production issues and contribute to runbooks and docs.

Skills

Python development

FastAPI

PostgreSQL

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

JWT authentication

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Observability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / related field

Tools

Azure AKS

Alembic

Cloudsmith

Datadog

OpenTelemetry

Helm

Terraform

Azure Key Vault

Entra ID / Azure AD

PostgreSQL tooling

Job description

Bain & Company is seeking a Platform Engineer to join the PEG Innovation team in a hybrid model. You will develop and operate backend services powering Bain's diligence platform, writing FastAPI endpoints, maintaining Postgres schemas, and ensuring reliability at scale.

Responsibilities include building APIs, implementing event-driven patterns, and contributing to observability and security. A Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of backend experience are required, with in-depth knowledge of Docker,