Senior Platform Engineer

Talentify

Plano (TX)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Talentify is seeking a Platform Engineer in Plano/Frisco, TX for a contract-to-hire role. The ideal candidate will focus on backend development while contributing to frontend work and AI-enabled engineering solutions.

Responsibilities include building scalable APIs and SDKs, advancing platform engineering and architecture, and automating releases with strong DevOps practices. Cloud experience with AWS is preferred, with Azure/GCP also acceptable.

Qualifications

Strong backend development experience with API design.
Full-stack capabilities with frontend exposure.
Experience applying AI in software development and automation.
Proficiency in cloud and DevOps practices, including CI/CD.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain scalable backend and full-stack applications.
Design APIs, SDKs, and reusable components for platform use.
Drive platform engineering and overall software architecture.
Automate releases and improve SDLC efficiency.
Apply AI tools and AI-enabled engineering practices.

Skills

Backend development

Frontend exposure

APIs and SDKs

Platform engineering

AI-enabled development

DevOps / CI-CD

Cloud (AWS)

Software architecture

Job description

Platform Engineer

Employment: Contract-to-Hire (C2H)

Location: Plano/Frisco, TX preferred (Draper, UT | Columbus, OH | Chadds Ford, PA | Wilmington, DE | NYC/Manhattan.) candidates near other client locations may also be considered

Role Overview

We are looking for strong Software/Platform Engineers at multiple levels who have a solid software engineering background with a primary focus on backend development (approximately 70%), along with frontend development and experience working with AI-enabled engineering solutions.

This is not a Cloud Infrastructure or Terraform-focused role. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on engineer who can design and build scalable applications, improve engineering and operational efficiency, automate software releases, and contribute to platform architecture.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain scalable backend and full-stack applications.
Work across backend and frontend technologies, with a strong emphasis on backend engineering.
Design and develop APIs, SDKs, reusable frameworks, shared services, and web components.
Contribute to platform engineering and software architecture at the appropriate level.
Automate software releases and improve the overall SDLC.
Drive improvements in engineering productivity and operational efficiency.
Apply AI tools and AI-enabled engineering practices to development and automation.
Work with AIDLC (AI Development Life Cycle) and modern AI engineering approaches.
Collaborate on architecture, technical design, development, and engineering best practices.
Work with Cloud technologies, preferably AWS, although Azure or GCP experience is also acceptable.
Implement and improve DevOps and CI/CD processes.

Required / Preferred Skills

Software Engineering

Strong programming and software engineering fundamentals.
Strong backend development experience.
Full-stack development experience with frontend exposure.
Experience with one or more languages such as Java, Python, Go/Golang, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
Experience building APIs, SDKs, reusable components, or shared services.

Platform & Architecture

Platform Engineering experience.
Software architecture and technical design experience.
Experience developing scalable and reusable engineering solutions.
Staff-level candidates should have strong architecture and technical leadership experience.

Experience using AI tools in software development or engineering.
Experience with AI-enabled development, automation, GenAI, LLMs, AI agents, agentic workflows, RAG, MCP, or similar technologies is a plus.
Any relevant hands-on AI tool experience can be considered.

Cloud / DevOps