Platform Engineer: Scalable Backend & Platform Services

Bain & Company

Houston (TX)

Hybrid

USD 67,000 - 81,000

Full time

14 days+
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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,

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