Top Platform Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Build and maintain cloud-native platform infrastructure and CI/CD for Navy environments. Implement IaC, manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS, RKE2), apply secure coding and vulnerability remediation, integrate applications with platform services, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams to align technical solutions with mission needs.

Build and maintain internal developer platforms, tooling, and automation to improve engineering productivity. Implement AI-powered tooling and LLM/agent-driven workflows, create service catalogs and self-service infrastructure, partner with engineering teams to improve reliability, and reduce operational overhead through automation and improved developer experience.

Design, develop, and modernize enterprise CRM solutions using Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform. Build custom plugins, PCF controls, integrations, and Power Automate flows. Own ALM with Azure DevOps, enforce role-based security and compliance, troubleshoot production issues, and improve UX and automation in regulated environments.

The Sr. Staff Platform Engineer will lead the design and development of cloud-native internal developer platforms, focusing on AWS and AI/ML integration to empower engineering teams and streamline workflows.

Design, build, and operate highly available, secure infrastructure for a multi-tenant financial SaaS platform. Lead automation (IaC), Kubernetes operations, CI/CD, observability, connectivity for market/custodian feeds, incident escalation and RCA, capacity planning, compliance (SOC 2/ISO27001), cost optimization, and mentor engineers.

Responsible for building new products, updating existing offerings, leading projects, mentoring, and ensuring quality and alignment in technical implementation. Collaborate with teams to drive projects from ideation to production.

Design, build, and maintain automation and deployment frameworks. Create Python automation scripts, custom Dockerfiles, and Helm charts; deploy and manage Helm across multiple Kubernetes clusters. Maintain configuration-as-code repos, implement CI/CD (preferably GitLab CI/CD), apply GitOps/Kustomize practices, troubleshoot platform issues, and collaborate with development teams to ensure scalable, documented platform operations.

Design, build, and extend a centralized SAP Commerce backend and custom extensions; develop resilient integrations to ERP/PIM/CRM via middleware; diagnose production issues using Commerce Cloud logs and Dynatrace; create OCC/headless APIs; contribute to design, code reviews, documentation, and Agile delivery with full ownership of platform outcomes.

Design, build, and operate enterprise-scale multi-cloud infrastructure (Azure primary, GCP, AWS exposure). Own landing zones, Terraform modules, production AKS/GKE Kubernetes, Vault secrets, hybrid networking, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, DR, and automation (Ansible, Python/Bash). Mentor engineers, document runbooks, and collaborate with security, application teams, and leadership to ensure secure, reliable, cost-optimized cloud platforms.

10-week platform engineering internship building and automating scalable, reliable hybrid-cloud platform systems. Interns design, implement, and test production infrastructure, collaborate with platform teams, and own a project to improve platform capabilities.

The Platform Engineer will design and implement scalable compute infrastructure for autonomous vehicle simulation, utilizing cloud platforms and on-premises clusters, along with managing CI/CD pipelines and monitoring systems.

The role involves enhancing developer productivity by improving CI/CD, automated testing, and integrating AI-based tools, focusing on operational excellence and collaboration with teams.

Lead enterprise cloud architecture across AWS and Azure, design scalable multi-cloud networking and IaC (Terraform) at scale, drive large migrations, mentor engineers, support HIPAA/HITRUST compliance, and own major infrastructure initiatives and incident response.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design best practices for AI Agents, develop standards, collaborate on product opportunities, and stay updated on emerging Agent techniques.

Own and operate the Workday platform across HCM, Payroll, Recruiting, Prism, and Illuminate. Configure modules, build reports and integrations (EIB, Studio, APIs, RaaS), manage security models, tenant lifecycle, release readiness, analytics, automation, and compliance while partnering with HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT stakeholders.

Responsible for the full software development lifecycle, collaborating with teams to design, develop, and maintain applications while mentoring others and ensuring engineering standards.

Design, build, and maintain full-stack web and API solutions using React, TypeScript, Node.js, and GraphQL. Lead architecture and DevOps efforts, improve CI/CD and observability, mentor engineers, collaborate with product and design, and ensure security, performance, scalability, and reliability. Troubleshoot issues, create technical documentation and diagrams, and continuously improve developer experience and engineering standards.

Lead and mentor the platform engineering team to design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure and tools. Collaborate with product and engineering leadership on technical roadmaps, implement Dev(Sec)Ops best practices (CI/CD, PR reviews, cloud platform management), debug complex issues, and drive hiring and process improvements to support web application infrastructure at scale.

Lead backend platform engineering for a centralized SAP Commerce backend: build and maintain custom extensions, integrate with ERP/PIM/CRM via middleware, diagnose production issues using Commerce Cloud and Dynatrace, design OCC/headless APIs, and raise team capability through reviews and documentation.

Lead technical vision and implement high-impact Ruby on Rails solutions for an internal demo platform. Improve reliability, observability, instrumentation, and integrations; partner with Product, Sales, and cross-functional teams; mentor engineers and drive architecture, testing, and engineering best practices.

Design, implement, govern, and support enterprise Microsoft Power Platform solutions. Own platform architecture, ALM, environment and DLP policies, CoE governance, and integrations with Microsoft 365, Azure, and third-party systems. Build Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot-driven solutions using Dataverse, implement CI/CD pipelines, monitor reliability, troubleshoot production issues, and enable citizen developers while enforcing security and compliance.

Design, automate, and maintain cloud platform infrastructure and release processes. Implement and monitor observability, networking, security/patching, and container orchestration (EKS/Istio). Use Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, shell scripting, and Python to build reliable, compliant AWS-based systems and collaborate in Agile teams.

Design, implement, administer, and optimize large-scale Hadoop clusters (HDFS, YARN, MapReduce). Monitor, secure, troubleshoot, automate provisioning, and implement backup/disaster recovery. Collaborate with data engineers/scientists, implement ETL/streaming pipelines, and document configurations and best practices.

Design, implement, and manage large-scale GCP infrastructure using IaC (Terraform), containerization (Kubernetes/Docker), monitoring, security, and DR. Mentor junior engineers, optimize performance and costs, and document practices.

Design, build, and maintain IaC and automation for AWS using Terraform and Go. Manage Kubernetes deployments, implement CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and troubleshooting to ensure scalable, reliable cloud infrastructure.