Platform Services Engineer: Auth & Observability Guardrails

EDI Staffing; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

EDI Staffing in Seattle, WA, is seeking a Senior Platform Services Engineer to own the core foundation: authentication/authorization, observability, and shared services. The role emphasizes turning senior engineering judgment into paved paths and automated guardrails for scalable delivery.

You will design CI/CD templates, establish integration contracts, and mentor engineers as the team grows. This hybrid role requires independent decision-making and close collaboration with product teams.

Qualifications

• Extensive backend/platform engineering experience.
• Expertise in authentication, authorization, and identity providers.
• Experience building shared platform services and API contracts.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and own the shared authentication and authorization layer for internal and external users.
• Own observability as a shared capability (OpenTelemetry, tracing, metrics, logging).
• Build and productize common platform services and API contracts consumed by multiple teams.

Skills

Platform mindset

Mentoring engineers

English communication

CI/CD discipline

Analytical problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / MIS

Tools

OAuth2 / OIDC

SSO integration

Cognito / Okta / Auth0

OpenTelemetry

AWS / Azure cloud

Job description

EDI Staffing in Seattle, WA, is seeking a Senior Platform Services Engineer to own the core foundation: authentication/authorization, observability, and shared services. The role emphasizes turning senior engineering judgment into paved paths and automated guardrails for scalable delivery.

You will design CI/CD templates, establish integration contracts, and mentor engineers as the team grows. This hybrid role requires independent decision-making and close collaboration with product teams.