Backend Platform Engineer scaling Hapiko’s real - time APIs, queues, infrastructure and observability. Building reliable, secure cloud systems for Spin Master’s voice - activated kids’ sticker printer.
About the role
- Platform Engineering Manager leading WCG’s Azure-focused cloud platform, DevSecOps, infrastructure automation, and integrations. Enabling secure, scalable digital employment services across Canada.
Responsibilities
- Define, build, and operate the internal platform as a product for developers and IT teams
- Develop and execute a platform roadmap, service catalog, and self-service capabilities
- Create reusable components and standardized patterns for environment provisioning, templates, and pipelines
- Continuously improve developer experience by reducing friction and increasing autonomy
- Architect and manage Azure and AWS cloud environments, including high availability, disaster recovery, and resilience strategies
- Lead adoption of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM
- Define scalable, secure, and cost-effective infrastructure patterns
- Partner with Security teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines and platform services
- Implement automated security controls, including SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, and secrets management
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and organizational requirements
- Enforce policy-as-code, least-privilege access, zero-trust principles, and identity and access management
- Leverage AI/ML for operational insights, anomaly detection, cost optimization, incident response, and engineering productivity
- Establish and govern scalable, secure, and reusable integration patterns across APIs, messaging, and event-driven architecture
- Drive CI/CD pipeline maturity and release automation
- Enable fully automated provisioning and deployment workflows
- Implement observability practices including monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting
- Support reliability targets, incident response, and continuous improvement
- Contribute to platform governance, standards, and alignment across Security, Architecture, and Development teams
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- Seven (7) + years in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering
- Three (3) + years in leadership roles
- Strong experience with Microsoft Azure; working knowledge of AWS
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM)
- Experience implementing DevSecOps practices and secure pipelines
- Experience designing and managing integrations and APIs
- Familiarity with AI tools and their application in engineering workflows
- Experience with observability, monitoring, reliability engineering, and incident management practices
- Strong understanding of identity and access management, including lifecycle and access control models
- Experience working in Agile/DevOps environments
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert / DevOps Engineer Expert certification preferred
- AWS Certifications preferred
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or similar preferred
- Experience implementing platform engineering / internal developer platforms preferred
- Experience with AI/ML platforms or MLOps concepts preferred
- Experience with FinOps practices and cloud cost governance preferred
- Experience in regulated or security-sensitive environments preferred
- Candidates who do not quite have the above credentials are encouraged to apply anyway
Benefits
- Comprehensive and flexible health and dental benefits
- RRSP Matching program of 1.5% base earnings
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities
- Generous time-off policies that promote work/life balance
- A diverse and inclusive workplace with a track record of high employee engagement and teamwork
- The opportunity to do work that makes a difference
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