Platform Engineer

Company Description

Software Mind develops solutions that make an impact for companies around the globe. Tech giants & unicorns, transformative projects, emerging technologies and limitless opportunities – these are a few words that describe an average day for us. Building cross-functional engineering teams that take ownership and crave more means we’re always on the lookout for talented people who bring passion and creativity to every project. Our culture embraces openness, acts with respect, shows grit & guts and combines employment with enjoyment.

Job Description Project – the aim you’ll have:

The goal is to consolidate internal platform offerings into one tool and offer a single source of information for most of day-to-day needs of the developers.

Position – how you’ll contribute:

We are seeking a skilled Platform Engineer with experience in TypeScript and building internal developer platforms.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain our Developer Portal, consolidating internal platform tools into a single, user-friendly interface.
• Work with EKS, Aurora PostgreSQL, and OpenSearch to support and optimize the platform infrastructure.
• Integrate data from Active Directory, GitHub, and other internal systems to provide a seamless experience for developers.
• Collaborate with teams to implement new features, including Tech Health Insights dashboards and tools for tracking tech debt and service health.
• Contribute to a DevOps-focused culture by participating in a daily support rotation and facilitating feedback loops to continuously improve the platform.
• Follow agile and lean product development methodologies with a strong focus on customer satisfaction.

Our offer – professional development, personal growth

• Flexible employment and remote work
• International projects with leading global clients
• Non-corporate atmosphere
• Internal & external training
• Private healthcare and insurance
• Multisport card

Expectations – the experience you need:

Hard skills:

In-depth knowledge of Amazon Web Services and interacting with their services and APIs, specifically CDK, Lambda, RDS, ALB, OpenSearch, and EKS

• Ability to create and consume REST APIs
• Proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js
• Familiarity with React

Soft skills:

• Pragmatism with an eye on how to simplify complex systems
• A product mindset
• Ability to drive technical decisions, to explain technical decisions and details at varying levels of abstraction (including other engineers and management)
• Be a mentor and share your knowledge with colleagues

Additional skills – the edge you have:

• Experience with Backstage from Spotify
• Experience in building a Developer Portal for an organization
• Experience with the GitHub API