Temporary Platform Engineer

Job summary

Department BSD CTD - Platform Engineering - PlanX About the Department The Center for Translational Data Science (CTDS) at The*** is a research center whose mission is to develop the discipline of translational data science to impactful problems in biology, medicine, healthcare, and the environment.

Benefits

Qualifications

• The Center for Translation Data Science is seeking a highly skilled Temporary Platform Engineer with strong Full-Stack Development experience (or vice versa) for a focused, ~6-month engagement.

Responsibilities

• You will actively support, optimize, and scale our hybrid and public cloud infrastructure while writing and debugging application-level code.
• Infrastructure & GitOps: Manage, optimize, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters using AWS EKS and drive continuous delivery via ArgoCD.
• Full-Stack Development: Write, review, and debug application code across our ecosystem—supporting both backend services and frontend user interfaces.
• CI/CD & Automation: Design, maintain, and improve robust CI/CD pipelines across commercial cloud environments (primarily AWS).
• Production Support: Triage, research, and mitigate complex production incidents, utilizing monitoring
• Education, Experience, or Certifications:
• Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field required.
• Experience:
• Containerization & Orchestration: Deep, hands-on production experience with AWS EKS and ArgoCD is required.
• Backend Development: Strong proficiency in Python and/or Go preferred.
• Frontend Development: Solid experience with modern Javascript frameworks, specifically Next.js is required.

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