Platform Engineer
Apex Systems
- Platform EngineerApply**Job#: 3037922****Job Description:****Role:** Platform Engineer (API & Developer Tools)**Duration:** Long-Term Contract**Location:** Hybrid - 4 days/week onsite**Description:**Platform Engineering builds shared services, APIs, and developer tooling that enable engineering teams to deliver value safely, efficiently, and at scale. This role is focused on backend software engineering, with emphasis on building high-quality APIs, automation, and developer-facing tools, supported by working knowledge of cloud, DevOps, and SRE practices. **Key Responsibilities*** Design and build secure, reliable, and well-documented internal and customer-facing APIs and services* Develop developer tools and platform services to enhance developer experience (DX), including templates, CLIs, libraries, and service scaffolding* Apply engineering best practices including test-driven development, code reviews, CI/CD, and safe deployment patterns* Build for operability, including structured logging, metrics, tracing, health checks, and actionable alerting* Collaborate with platform and product teams to standardize engineering patterns (authentication/authorization, configuration, secrets management, resilience, versioning)* Support incident response and drive reliability improvements to reduce operational risk and defects* Contribute to the definition and evolution of platform standards, tooling, and reusable patterns **Required Skills*** Python: Ability to develop production-grade, tested, and documented code for platform automation and tooling* Go: Experience building performant, concurrent services, APIs, CLIs, or automation tools* Docker: Ability to build and manage production-ready containerized applications* Kubernetes: Experience deploying, operating, and troubleshooting workloads in Kubernetes environments* REST APIs: Strong experience designing, implementing, and versioning APIs with proper error handling, pagination, and backward compatibility* Linux: Strong troubleshooting and operational experience across networking, processes, permissions, and performance* GCP: Experience provisioning, operating, and troubleshooting cloud-native platform services **Required Qualifications*** 6+ years of IT experience, including 4+ years in software development* Proficiency in at least one primary programming language and working experience in a second (e.g., Python, Go, Java, C#, TypeScript)* Strong experience delivering production-grade APIs and services across the full lifecycle (design, development, testing, deployment, operations)* Experience with API lifecycle management, including versioning and backward compatibility* Strong testing discipline across unit, integration, and component testing* Working knowledge of cloud-native development, including containers and CI/CD pipelines* Ability to debug and troubleshoot across application, runtime, and platform layers using logs, metrics, and traces **Preferred Skills & Qualifications*** Experience building and managing internal platform APIs with a product-oriented mindset (usability, documentation, adoption)* Experience with event-driven and asynchronous architectures (queues, pub/sub), including reliability and idempotency patterns* Knowledge of security best practices, including OAuth/OIDC, least privilege models, and threat modeling* Experience improving system reliability through SLOs and automation to reduce operational toil* Experience with Kubernetes ecosystems and infrastructure as code in partnership with platform/SRE teams* Exposure to CI/CD pipeline tooling (e.g., Tekton) and GitOps workflows* Ability to build lightweight internal UIs or tooling (e.g., React) **Ways of Working*** Deliver incrementally with frequent releases and rapid feedback loops* Maintain high engineering standards, including quality, observability, and secure defaults* Own end-to-end delivery, including production support, documentation, and continuous improvement **Success Measures*** Platform APIs and tools achieve strong adoption due to reliability, usability, and clear documentation* Engineering teams spend less time on undifferentiated work and more time delivering business value* Reduction in incidents and operational risk through improved observability, consistency, and release practices **Education*** Required: Bachelor’s DegreeEEO EmployerApex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at View email address on click.appcast.io or View phone number on click.appcast.io. *Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.**Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.**Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.**If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at View email address on click.appcast.io or View phone number on click.appcast.io. Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.**UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex Systems.***Employee Type:** Contract**Location:** Dearborn, MI, US**Job Type:****Date Posted:** June 10, 2026**Pay Range:** $60 - $80 per hour
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