Senior Platform Engineer

Job Title: Senior 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: 12-month contract (Temp-to-Hire.) Start Date: Targeting Oct 2026 Pay Rate: $64.28/hr. on W2 Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision. Hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM as per time zone Job Description: Job Summary We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the design, development, and evolution of scalable platform services, cloud-native solutions, automation frameworks, and developer enablement capabilities. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in platform engineering, cloud technologies, DevOps, automation, infrastructure as code, and modern software engineering practices. This role will also focus heavily on AI-enabled engineering, intelligent automation, AI agents, and developer productivity across the AI-Driven Development Lifecycle (AIDLC). Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience. 5-8 years of experience in platform engineering, software engineering, cloud engineering, DevOps, automation engineering, or related disciplines. Strong hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies, modern programming languages, automation frameworks, and engineering platforms. Experience designing and delivering scalable platform solutions, shared services, automation frameworks, reusable components, developer tools, and self-service capabilities. Experience leading technical initiatives and driving engineering best practices across teams. Required Certification - Must Have One Candidate must possess at least one of the following certifications, and a copy must be provided with submission: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Google Cloud Digital Leader Key Technical Skills Platform Engineering Strategy & Architecture Cloud Engineering & Cloud-Native Architecture Infrastructure as Code (IaC) DevOps & CI/CD Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Monitoring & Observability Platform Reliability & Operational Excellence Developer Experience (DevEx) Self-Service Platforms APIs, SDKs, Frameworks & Reusable Components Platform Modernization Security, Governance & Compliance Automation Intelligent Automation AI-Assisted Engineering AI Agents & Agent-Based Development LLMs, Prompt Engineering & Context Engineering MCP and RAG Automation across development, testing, deployment, operations, governance, and security Responsibilities Lead the architecture and development of scalable engineering platforms, shared services, and reusable platform capabilities. Design APIs, SDKs, frameworks, templates, accelerators, and self-service solutions. Drive platform modernization and cloud-native adoption. Develop intelligent automation and AI-enabled engineering solutions across the software development lifecycle. Design and implement AI agents, orchestration frameworks, and autonomous workflows. Integrate LLM, RAG, MCP, prompt engineering, and context engineering capabilities into engineering platforms. Improve developer productivity and experience through self-service platforms and automation. Integrate platform capabilities into CI/CD pipelines and engineering workflows. Implement highly available, scalable, resilient, and observable platform solutions. Establish monitoring, operational intelligence, anomaly detection, and automated remediation. Implement Infrastructure as Code and automation-first engineering practices. Establish security controls, governance standards, compliance automation, and technology guardrails. Collaborate with engineering, architecture, product, security, and operations teams. Interview process: 2 rounds Technical Interview Design / Architecture / Solution Interview #TMN Tailored Management