Software Engineer or - Platform

This is a multi-level posting. Candidates may be considered for any of the posted levels, depending on their level of experience and depth of expertise.

Our team is building a modern internal platform that powers the development and operation of critical business systems. The platform provides the foundational infrastructure, cloud-native runtime environments, developer tooling, and observability capabilities required to run reliable and scalable applications.

The platform spans multiple engineering domains including infrastructure, Kubernetes-based container platforms, developer tooling, messaging platforms, CI/CD systems, and observability platforms. These capabilities enable application teams to deploy and operate services through standardized, automated, and self-service workflows.

Our approach emphasizes software-driven infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, Git Ops workflows, and modern observability practices. Engineers on the platform team build production-grade systems that improve reliability, reduce operational complexity, and accelerate software delivery across the organization.

The platform is built using technologies such as Kubernetes, Terraform, Git-based workflows, Prometheus, Grafana, and Open Telemetry.

Mid American Energy Company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without an accommodation. Mid American Energy Company has an exciting career opportunity available. Take the next step in your career and apply now!

Bachelor's degree in management information systems (MIS), computer science or related technical field or equivalent work experience. (Typically four years of related, progressive work experience would be needed for candidates applying for this position who do not possess a bachelor's degree.)

A minimum of four years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or site reliability engineering for level 2 is required.

A minimum of five or more years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or site reliability engineering for level 3 is required.

Experience in one of the following areas:

• Internal developer platforms
• Kubernetes-based platforms
• CI/CD platforms and deployment pipelines
• Git Ops workflows such as ArgoCD or Flux
• Observability systems including Prometheus, Grafana, and Open Telemetry
• Distributed systems and microservices platforms
• Platform security including identity and secrets management

• Experience building self-service developer platforms
• Experience supporting streaming data platforms or messaging systems
• Experience with SQL, No
  
  SQL, or graph databases
• Experience working in hybrid cloud environments
• Contributions to open-source platform or infrastructure projects

The Software Engineer-Platform is responsible for designing, building, and operating the internal developer platform that enables teams to build, deploy, and operate software efficiently and reliably.

This role focuses on delivering self-service platform capabilities that standardize how applications are built, deployed, and operated across the organization. Platform Engineers work closely with infrastructure, cloud, and application teams to provide scalable platform services including container orchestration tooling, deployment pipelines, messaging systems, observability systems, and developer tooling.

• Design, build, and operate internal platform services that support application development and deployment
• Develop standardized platform capabilities supporting modern application architectures
• Enable self-service deployment and infrastructure consumption for development teams
• Improve developer productivity by simplifying how applications are built, tested, deployed, and operated

• Develop platform components and automation using modern programming languages (Go, Python, Java)
• Build tooling and APIs that abstract infrastructure complexity from application teams
• Maintain platform infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code and Git Ops practices
• Contribute reusable platform components and service templates

• Build and operate CI/CD platforms and automated deployment pipelines
• Maintain integrations between source control systems, build systems, and deployment platforms
• Standardize developer workflows across teams
• Improve software delivery speed through automation and platform capabilities