Staff Platform Engineer

Tailored Management

Plano, TX
6 days ago

$78.57 Per Hour

Highlights

This role will lead platform products, shared services, intelligent automation, self-service capabilities, cloud-native engineering ecosystems, and AI-enabled engineering initiatives that improve developer productivity and operational excellence. Job Description: We are seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to drive the strategy, architecture, and evolution of enterprise platform engineering capabilities that enable scalable, secure, and efficient software delivery.

Numbers & Facts

Location	Plano, TX
Industry	Staffing/Employment Agencies
Salary	$78.57 Per Hour
Company Size	1,000 to 1,499 employees
Year Founded	1968
Website	https://www.tailoredmanagement.com/

Description

Job Title: Staff Platform Engineer
Location: Plano, TX 75024 (Hybrid) – 1–2 days per week onsite (Candidate must be located within a 60-mile radius of a Bread Financial location. - No California candidates.
Duration: 06-month contract (Temp-to-Hire.)
Start Date: Targeting Oct 2026
Pay Rate: $78.57/hr. on W2
Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision.
Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM as per time zone

Job Description:

We are seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to drive the strategy, architecture, and evolution of enterprise platform engineering capabilities that enable scalable, secure, and efficient software delivery. This role will lead platform products, shared services, intelligent automation, self-service capabilities, cloud-native engineering ecosystems, and AI-enabled engineering initiatives that improve developer productivity and operational excellence.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field, or equivalent relevant work experience.
8–10 years of experience in platform engineering, software engineering, cloud engineering, DevOps, automation engineering, or related technical disciplines.
Proven experience designing, implementing, and scaling enterprise platform capabilities, shared services, automation solutions, and developer productivity platforms.
Demonstrated experience leading large-scale technical initiatives and influencing engineering strategy across multiple teams.
Strong expertise in cloud-native architectures, platform engineering, automation, DevOps, and modern software delivery practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience leading enterprise platform transformations, cloud modernization programs, developer experience initiatives, or AI-enabled engineering programs.
Experience defining technology strategy and influencing organization-wide engineering standards and roadmaps.
Relevant certifications in cloud platforms, DevOps, platform engineering, software development, automation, AI/ML, data engineering, or related technologies.

Required Certification:
Candidates must have at least one of the following certifications:

AWS Cloud Practitioner
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
Google Cloud – Cloud Digital Leader

Skills:

Enterprise Platform Engineering Strategy & Architecture
Platform Products, Shared Services & Engineering Ecosystems
Platform Governance, Standards & Reference Architectures
Developer Experience (DevEx) & Self-Service Platforms
Intelligent Automation & AIDLC Transformation
AI-Powered Engineering & Agentic Systems
AI Agents, Agent Orchestration & Autonomous Workflows
Cloud-Native Architecture & Platform Modernization
DevOps, CI/CD & Engineering Productivity Platforms
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) & Operational Excellence
Monitoring, Observability & Platform Intelligence
Security, Governance, Compliance & Engineering Controls
LLM Workflows, Prompt Engineering & Context Engineering
MCP, RAG, Enterprise AI Platforms & AI Integration
Technical Strategy, Cross-Functional Leadership & Influence

Responsibilities:

Define the strategic direction and roadmap for platform engineering capabilities.
Lead architecture and design of enterprise platforms, products, shared services, APIs, SDKs, frameworks, and self-service capabilities.
Establish platform standards, reference architectures, governance, and reusable engineering patterns.
Drive platform modernization and cloud-native adoption.
Define enterprise automation strategies supporting the AI-Driven Development Lifecycle (AIDLC).
Lead development and adoption of intelligent automation platforms, AI-powered capabilities, AI agents, agentic workflows, and autonomous solutions.
Define standards and patterns for LLMs, agent orchestration, MCP, RAG, and enterprise AI platforms.
Drive developer experience and self-service engineering capabilities.
Lead CI/CD, infrastructure automation, observability, reliability, scalability, and operational excellence initiatives.
Establish standards for IaC, deployment automation, monitoring, anomaly detection, and automated remediation.
Define platform-wide security, governance, compliance, risk management, and engineering controls.
Partner with engineering, architecture, security, product, and technology leadership teams.
Influence organization-wide engineering strategy, standards, roadmaps, and technology adoption.

Interview Process:

1st Round: Technical
2nd Round: Design / Architecture / Solution
3rd Round: Hiring manager

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About Company

CONNECTING TOP TALENT WITH TOP-TIER OPPORTUNITIES

Tailored Management is a global staffing firm that specializes in partnering with large organizations that run their contingent labor program in a VMS/MSP environment. We have the unique capacity to support programs across all scopes and geographic locations from a single headquarters, successfully elevating program performance across the board and minimizing costs, miscommunication and delivery times. But what do we really do? We bring together the best talent with the greatest opportunities.