Senior Platform Engineer Job Jamestown area,Town of Poland New York USA,Software Development

Location: Town of Poland

You will be:

designing, building, and operating scalable Kubernetes-based platform infrastructure,
developing backend platform services and reusable engineering components,
building and maintaining cloud-native solutions (primarily on AWS),
creating and evolving Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform,
designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation,
developing scalable multi-tenant platform capabilities for engineering teams,
building self-service developer platform features and internal tooling,
designing and maintaining APIs and platform architecture standards,
improving platform reliability, observability, and monitoring capabilities,
collaborating with engineering teams to improve developer experience and platform adoption,
contributing to platform engineering best practices and technical standards,
supporting container platform operations and orchestration processes,
driving automation and operational excellence across the platform ecosystem.

Your profile:

5+ years of experience as a Platform Engineer,
practical experience using AI-powered assistants (e.g. Claude Code, Git Hub Copilot, Cursor) to improve productivity, quality, or decision‑making in software delivery,
strong hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, including cluster operations and orchestration concepts,
strong programming skills in Type Script and/or Go;
Python experience is a plus,
solid experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS,
practical experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, preferably Terraform,
experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment orchestration,
strong understanding of API and platform architecture,
solid Linux and networking fundamentals,
experience with observability and monitoring solutions,
experience building reusable self‑service platform capabilities for developers,
good English communication skills (at least B2 level).

Nice to have:

experience applying GenAI in a more structured way within the SDLC, including defined workflows, prompt patterns, or tool integrations embedded into daily work,
interest in and familiarity with emerging AI‑driven practices (e.g. agent-based workflows, automation patterns, AI‑augmented development), with a willingness to explore and experiment beyond standard approaches,
experience with Internal Developer Platforms (IDP),
experience building Kubernetes operators and controllers,
experience with Backstage or developer portal tooling,
experience in container runtime or platform engineering,
knowledge of event‑driven and distributed systems architecture,
experience with service mesh technologies and Open Telemetry.

Work from the European Union region and a work permit are required.

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