Staff Platform Engineer — AI-Driven Platform & Automation

Kelly Services; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Part time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer in Plano, TX to shape the strategy and architecture of enterprise platform capabilities. You will drive intelligent automation, AI-powered engineering, and self-service platforms to improve developer productivity and reliability.

You will lead cross-functional teams across engineering, security, product, and architecture to advance platform standards and modern practices in the AI-Driven Development Lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or related field or equivalent, relevant work experience
• 8-10 years of experience in platform engineering, software engineering, cloud engineering, DevOps, automation engineering, or related technical disciplines
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale technical initiatives and influencing engineering strategy across multiple teams
• Strong expertise in cloud-native architectures, platform engineering, automation, DevOps, and modern software delivery practices

Responsibilities

• Define the strategic direction and roadmap for platform engineering capabilities across enterprise platforms, products, and shared services.
• Lead architecture and design of enterprise platforms, reference architectures, and reusable patterns.
• Drive platform modernization and cloud-native adoption, APIs, SDKs, and self-service capabilities.
• Define enterprise automation strategies and lead development of AI-powered capabilities and autonomous workflows.
• Establish governance standards for automation-first engineering and scale AI across teams.
• Define the vision for AI-enabled engineering platforms, agent ecosystems, and MCP/RAG adoption.
• Enhance developer experience with self-service ecosystems and onboarding, templates, and accelerators.
• Lead platform operations for reliability, CI/CD, observability, and operational intelligence.
• Define security, governance, and policy automation across platform ecosystems.

Skills

Enterprise Platform Engineering

Platform Products

Platform Governance

Developer Experience

Intelligent Automation

AI-Powered Engineering

Cloud-Native Architecture

DevOps & CI/CD

Site Reliability Engineering

Observability & Platform Intelligence

Security & Compliance

LLM Workflows

AI Integration

Technical Leadership

Job description

Motion Recruitment Partners is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer in Plano, TX to shape the strategy and architecture of enterprise platform capabilities. You will drive intelligent automation, AI-powered engineering, and self-service platforms to improve developer productivity and reliability.

You will lead cross-functional teams across engineering, security, product, and architecture to advance platform standards and modern practices in the AI-Driven Development Lifecycle.