Technology Consulting - Digital Engineering - Platform Engineer - Senior

Technology Consulting – Digital Engineering – Platform Engineer – Senior

Location:

Anywhere in Country

The Platforms Practice specializes in mission‑critical, intelligent platforms for the world’s most ambitious organizations. Using our product‑driven, AI‑centric approach, we empower organizations to build for the intelligent digital future and solve complex product challenges.

• Design and implement robust APIs and microservices using Java, Python, FastAPI and OpenAPI.
• Architect and maintain containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Develop and optimize data models and queries using Postgre
  
  SQL and ORMs (e.g., SQL Alchemy).
• Champion test‑driven development (TDD) practices, including unit and integration testing.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to build distributed systems leveraging message queues (Rabbit
  
  MQ) and caching layers (Redis).
• Integrate authentication and authorization mechanisms using Keycloak, OAuth2, OIDC, and Azure Active Directory (AAD).
• Work with Azure cloud services, including API gateways (APIM, Front Door) and object storage (Azure Blob and File Storage).
• Creating and debugging Kubernetes‑hosted services.
• Explore and implement interactions with AI/LLM systems, including agentic workflows, vector stores and embedding‑based searches.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize platform performance and reliability.
• Occasional contributions to CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure‑as‑code.

May be required to meet with clients.

• Ability to multitask and work in a fast‑paced, collaborative team environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; writing, publishing and conference‑level presentation skills.
• Convert unclear or broad requirements into clear, actionable tasks that prioritize high‑value outcomes for users.
• Passionate about delivering commercial software products and platforms to market.
• Deeply technical and constantly in a state of learning.
• Comfortable providing technical guidance and coaching to other engineers.
• Strive to be at the forefront of new modern technologies and bring them within the larger team.
• Ensure the successful engineering delivery of assigned projects and put hands‑on effort if needed.
• Package best practices and lessons learned into thought leadership and published assets.
• Interact with sales, partners, and customer technical stakeholders to manage project scope, priorities, deliverables, risks/issues, and timelines for successful outcomes.
• Strong understanding of agile delivery and development methodologies.
• Proficiency in application development tools and quality assurance practices.
• Ability to build and manage relationships with clients, fostering trust and value.

• Bachelor’s degree (4‑year degree) in computer science, software engineering, or a related field.
• 2–4 years of professional platform engineering experience or a similar role in software development and system administration.
• Experience building large‑scale distributed systems with cloud native technologies.
• Experience with Java, C#, Python, Spring Boot, .Net, or .Net Core.
• Solid grounding in computer science fundamentals.
• Excellent knowledge of software design and system architecture.
• Outstanding consulting, communication, and presentation abilities.
• Team player with strong communication skills at all levels.
• Self‑skilled and quick learner across languages and technologies.
• Analytical mind with problem‑solving aptitude.
• Proficiency in Agile Delivery methodologies.
• Experience with Application Delivery Processes, Application Development Tools, Quality Assurance practices, Testing practices, System Development Lifecycle, and System Integration.

• Desire to be a full‑stack engineer.
• Strong communication with developers, clients, customers, partners, and executives.
• Fearlessness in getting hands‑on with technology and execution.
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering processes.
• Deep interest in cloud and distributed systems architectures.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and drive for clarity.
• Experience leading and growing technical talent (for software engineering managers).
• Experien…