Platform Engineer (New Zealand PRs and Citizens Only)

Overview

This opportunity is exclusively for New Zealand Permanent Residents or Citizens. We are looking for a highly experienced Platform Engineer with advanced knowledge in Backstage, TypeScript, Spring Boot, and Java to architect, develop, and maintain a robust Internal Developer Platform (IDP) at an enterprise level.

Core Responsibilities

• Design and develop enhancements for the Backstage Developer Portal including software templates and golden paths to facilitate standardized and automated developer workflows.
• Create custom Backstage plugins for both front-end and back-end using TypeScript.
• Manage Backstage Catalog encompassing entity relationships, system ownership, and metadata governance.
• Integrate Backstage with source control systems, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes clusters, security solutions, and monitoring tools to streamline DevOps processes.
• Develop reusable CI/CD pipeline templates and implement pipeline-as-code frameworks supporting full lifecycle automation from build to deployment to monitoring.
• Implement role-based access control, manage secret storage solutions, and uphold security-first principles in pipeline design.
• Build backend microservices using Java Spring Boot and handle API integrations across platform components.
• Work extensively with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
• Promote a superior developer experience by fostering self-service capabilities and maintain detailed documentation, onboarding guides, and best practice standards.
• Ensure platform reliability, scalability, and optimal performance; actively participate in incident analysis, root cause investigations, and continuous service improvement.
• Maintain observability through logging, monitoring, and alerting systems.

Required Experience and Skills

• Overall professional experience ranging from 8 to 15 years.
• At least 4 years of hands-on experience with TypeScript and Java Spring Boot microservices development.
• Documented expertise in implementing and customizing Backstage including plugin development.
• Proficiency with developer portals or internal developer platforms.
• Strong background in API design and integration.
• Familiarity with Git branching models and pull request workflows.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Maven and development in polyglot build environments.
• Knowledge of event streaming platforms such as Kafka.
• Exposure to cloud service providers including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Understanding of service management tool integrations (e.g., Jira Service Management).
• Solid grasp of platform engineering methodologies including golden path and abstraction layers.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or Bitbucket Pipelines.
• Competence in container orchestration and infrastructure automation.
• Familiarity with code quality tools such as Snyk or similar.

Behavioral Attributes

• Effective collaboration skills with engineering teams and security personnel.
• Proactive ownership and self-driven approach to deliver outcomes.
• Strong commitment to scalability, quality, and process optimization.
• Experience working within Agile methodologies.