About the role

Senior Platform Development Engineer building self-service capabilities and enhancing developer experience at Best Buy. Leading platform reliability and operational excellence initiatives.

Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable self-service capabilities across our engineering platforms
Improve developer experience by simplifying onboarding, deployment, and operational workflows
Translate architectural designs into production-grade implementations
Drive platform reliability, security, and performance improvements aligned with industry best practices
Maintain our platforms using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management
Collaborate with Tech Leads, developers, and operations teams to ensure platform capabilities meet evolving business needs
Participate in support rotation, including occasional after-hours response, to maintain platform stability
Maintain clear technical documentation to support knowledge sharing and platform adoption
Mentor and guide junior engineers, raising overall engineering standards.

5+ years in platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure automation
3+ years with cloud providers (Azure preferred)
2+ years building and managing platforms using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, etc.) and container platforms (Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker)
Experience managing CI/CD platforms and tools (GitHub, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins, ACR, Artifactory, Packer)
Experience supporting Kubernetes or cloud-native applications (microservices, containers)
Strong expertise in cloud identity, networking, and security (e.g., Entra ID)
Strong scripting/automation skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell, HCL, etc.)
Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, and cloud-native operations
Solid grasp of platform reliability, observability, and operational excellence principles
Bachelor’s in CS, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.