Senior Platform Development Engineer – Fixed Term

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Senior Platform Development Engineer building self-service capabilities and enhancing developer experience at Best Buy. Leading platform reliability and operational excellence initiatives.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and implement scalable self-service capabilities across our 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 our platforms using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management
  • Collaborate with Tech Leads, developers, and operations teams to ensure platform capabilities meet evolving business needs
  • Participate in support rotation, including occasional after-hours response, to maintain platform stability
  • Maintain clear technical documentation to support 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 (GitHub, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins, ACR, Artifactory, Packer)
  • Experience supporting Kubernetes or cloud-native applications (microservices, containers)
  • Strong expertise in cloud identity, networking, and security (e.g., Entra ID)
  • Strong scripting/automation skills (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 and wellness program.
  • Training programs to build new and transferable skills.