Platform Engineer

Staff Engineer - Backend / DevOps / Platform EngineeringWe are seeking a Staff Engineer to lead the architecture, reliability, and operational excellence of our backend systems and platform services. This role is central to defining technical direction, ensuring system scalability, and mentoring engineers. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in backend engineering, DevOps, and operating large-scale production systems.Key ResponsibilitiesDefine and lead the architecture for scalable backend systems and platform services.Design and evolve distributed systems and microservices architectures.Own the end-to-end reliability of production systems, including availability, performance, and scalability.Lead incident management, root cause analysis, and long-term reliability improvements.Establish best practices for CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and release engineering.Drive DevOps transformation through automation and deployment reliability.Define and implement observability standards across systems, including logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting.Mentor engineers and elevate technical standards across the organization.Required QualificationsExperience: 8+ years of experience in backend engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps. Proven experience designing, owning, and operating distributed systems at scale.Technical Skills: Strong backend engineering expertise in Java or Python. Deep hands-on experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines. Solid cloud platform experience (Azure preferred) and familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or the ELK stack.Company OverviewThis organization is a leader in the technology industry. We are focused on building robust and scalable platforms that power our services. Our engineering culture values operational excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.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.