Acceleration Center - Cloud Engineering, Data & Analytics (CEDA) - AWS Platform Developer - Senior Associate

AWS Platform Developer Area: Cloud Platform 

Role summary: 

• Full-stack engineer responsible for building and extending the internal developer portal (Backstage) and platform services. Integrates AWS, CI/CD, and enterprise tools; automates golden paths and onboarding; and champions developer experience through usable workflows, documentation, and metrics. 

Key responsibilities: 

• Develop and maintain the frontend and backend using React, Node.js, and TypeScript to deliver seamless navigation, search, and developer workflows. 

• Design and extend Backstage platform capabilities by building custom plugins, software templates, and integrations with CI/CD, monitoring, and AWS services. 

• Integrate Backstage with enterprise ecosystems — GitHub, GitHub Actions, Service Catalog, AWS, Grafana, Jira, and Confluence. 

• Automate developer onboarding and scaffolding through reusable templates, golden paths, and metadata-driven workflows that accelerate app delivery. 

• Champion developer experience by collecting feedback, improving usability, and embedding documentation (TechDocs, Scorecards, and APIs) directly into the portal. 

Required skills: 

• Full-Stack Development: Strong React + TypeScript skills for UI extensions; Node.js and Express for backend customization and service integrations. 

• AWS & CI/CD Integration: Experience connecting the Internal Developer Portal (Backstage) with AWS services, GitHub Actions, and Kubernetes clusters. 

• Developer Experience Engineering: Familiar with golden paths, service scorecards, API discovery, and building developer-centric workflows and metrics dashboards. 

• Platform Automation & Observability: Understanding of authentication (SSO/OAuth), metrics (Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus), and internal platform reliability. 

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