Platform Engineering Specialist

About the Role

Boldr is looking for a Platform Engineering Specialist to join their international team to build scalable infrastructure and robust software for their clients. This role requires an expert who can seamlessly bridge the gap between cloud platform operations and full-stack development. You will contribute to a collaborative culture, designing and maintaining high-quality web applications while managing the underlying cloud architecture. The ideal candidate is passionate about project ownership, engineering excellence, operational security, and mentoring team members to drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

• The ideal candidate holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, supplemented by at least five years of professional software engineering experience.
• A minimum of three years of specific experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering is required.
• You must demonstrate strong proficiency in full-stack development using TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python, along with familiarity with frameworks such as NodeJS, NestJS, and Vue/Nuxt.
• Significant hands-on experience with AWS, including Organizations, IAM, VPC, and container services, is essential.
• Furthermore, you should be adept at using infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, managing CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions, and working with containerized deployments.
• Applicants must possess strong analytical problem-solving skills, architectural awareness for building scalable systems, and a demonstrated understanding of the secure and ethical use of AI-assisted engineering tools.

Responsibilities

• As a Platform Engineering Specialist, you will design and maintain web applications, API services, and serverless functions across the full stack.
• Your duties include developing custom RESTful APIs, managing database designs, and ensuring application performance through rigorous testing and optimization.
• A critical part of the role involves owning a multi-account AWS organization, where you will manage networking, security guardrails, DNS, and cloud costs.
• You will be responsible for defining infrastructure as code and building reusable CI/CD pipelines to automate application provisioning and deployment.
• Additionally, you will lead security initiatives by integrating secrets scanning, enforcing access policies, and maintaining central identity provider configurations.
• The role also encompasses proactive platform monitoring, setting up comprehensive logging and alerting systems, leading incident responses, and maintaining detailed documentation to support team knowledge sharing and project handovers.