Senior Platform Development Engineer
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Senior Platform Development Engineer scaling Best Buy Canada's self-service cloud platforms. Automating infrastructure, CI/CD, Kubernetes operations, reliability, and developer workflows.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement scalable self-service capabilities across engineering platforms
- Improve developer experience by simplifying onboarding, deployment, and operational workflows
- Translate architectural designs into production-grade implementations
- Drive platform reliability, security, and performance improvements aligned with industry best practices
- Maintain platforms using Infrastructure as Code and configuration management
- Collaborate with Tech Leads, developers, and operations teams to meet evolving business needs
- Participate in support rotation, including occasional after-hours response, to maintain platform stability
- Maintain clear technical documentation for knowledge sharing and platform adoption
- Mentor and guide junior engineers, raising overall engineering standards
Requirements:
- 5+ years in platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure automation
- 3+ years with cloud providers, Azure preferred
- 2+ years building and managing platforms using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, etc.) and container platforms (Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker)
- Experience managing CI/CD platforms and tools including GitHub, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins, ACR, Artifactory, and Packer
- Experience supporting Kubernetes or cloud-native applications, including microservices and containers
- Strong expertise in cloud identity, networking, and security, such as Entra ID
- Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, PowerShell, HCL, etc.
- Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, and cloud-native operations
- Solid grasp of platform reliability, observability, and operational excellence principles
- Bachelor’s in CS, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Benefits:
- Remote-first work environment
- Employee discounts on awesome tech from day one
- Health benefits
- Wellness program
- Training programs to build new and transferable skills













