Senior Product Software Engineer | Senior Platform Engineer

As a Senior Platform Engineer you will play a pivotal role in architecting building and maintaining the foundational platforms that empower our engineering teams to deliver high-quality software at scale. With over a decade of experience you bring deep technical expertise a passion for automation and a strategic mindset to drive platform innovation reliability and developer productivity across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement scalable secure and resilient platform infrastructureusing modern DevOps and cloud-native practices.
• Develop and maintain complex software applicationsthat meet evolving business and technical requirements.
• Lead the development of internal developer platforms (IDPs)to streamline infrastructure and accelerate product delivery.
• Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) GitOps and CI/CD best practicesacross engineering teams.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teamsincluding architects developers and security to define and enforce platform and software standards.
• Own the full lifecycle of platform services including observability incident response capacity planning and performance optimization.
• Create and maintain comprehensive testing strategiesto ensure software reliability accuracy and performance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issuesacross both infrastructure and application layers.
• Evaluate and integrate new tools and technologiesto enhance platform capabilities and improve developer experience.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation including specifications architecture diagrams and operational runbooks.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers promoting a culture of technical excellence collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with security governance and operational standardsacross all platform and software components.

Requirements

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related STEM field.
• Software Development Fundamentals: 5 years in software development with an OOP language such as C#
• 1 or more of the following: IaaS (infrastructure as a service) Azure Cloud API platform engineering CI/CD GitHub.
• Ability to work onsite in Coppell TX office Tuesdays and Wed each week or other WK office in the USA

Technical Skills:

Cloud Infrastructure & Platforms

• Proficiency in major cloud providers (AWS Azure GCP) with hands-on experience in core services: compute networking storage IAM and cost optimization.
• Familiar with cloud-native design principles and multi-cloud or hybrid cloud strategies.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Experience with IaC tools such as Terraform Pulumi AWS CloudFormation and ARM templates.
• Familiarity with GitOps methodologies using tools like ArgoCD or Flux.
• Knowledge of policy-as-code (e.g. OPA Sentinel) for governance and compliance.

Containers & Orchestration

• Proficient in containerization using Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes ecosystem tools: Helm Kustomize Operators.
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies (e.g. Istio Linkerd).

CI/CD & Automation

• Hands-on experience with modern CI/CD platforms: GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins Azure DevOps Argo Workflows.
• Skilled in automation of build test release and deployment pipelines.
• Familiar with canary blue/green and rolling deployment strategies.

Programming & Scripting

• Working knowledge of languages commonly used in infrastructure and backend engineering: Python Go Bash PowerShell and YAML/JSON.
• Capable of writing automation scripts and tools for infrastructure and DevOps tasks.

Observability & Monitoring

• Familiar with telemetry standards like OpenTelemetry.
• Experience with monitoring and logging platforms: Prometheus Grafana DataDog Splunk ELK stack.
• Understanding of metrics logs tracing alerting and SLOs/SLAs.

Security & Compliance

• Understanding of secure infrastructure design and DevSecOps principles.
• Experience with tools for static/dynamic code analysis (SAST/DAST) secrets management and security scanning (e.g. Trivy Aqua Prisma).
• Familiar with compliance frameworks (e.g. SOC 2 ISO 27001 NIST) and tools like OPA/Gatekeeper.

API Management

• Experience in API lifecycle management versioning documentation and policy enforcement.
• Hands-on with API gateways/platforms such as Azure API Management Tyk Apigee Kong or AWS API Gateway.
• Familiar with REST GraphQL OpenAPI/Swagger specifications.

Networking & Systems Engineering

• Solid grasp of core networking concepts: DNS TCP/IP load balancing firewalls and VPNs.
• Experience with system administration performance tuning and high availability.

Core Technical Competencies:

Software Development Fundamentals:

• Ability to design build test and maintain scalable software applications or system tools.
• Familiarity with version control (e.g. Git) testing frameworks and architectural patterns.

Problem Solving & Analytical Thinking

• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues across systems and platforms.
• Strong analytical skills for dissecting technical problems and identifying root causes.

Testing & Quality Assurance

• Knowledge of unit integration system and performance testing.
• Experience with test automation and quality gates in CI/CD pipelines.

Agile & DevOps Practices

• Familiarity with agile methodologies (Scrum Kanban) and tools like Jira or Azure Boards.
• Advocate for continuous delivery feedback loops and iterative improvement.

Documentation & Knowledge Management

• Skilled in maintaining clear and concise technical documentation runbooks architecture diagrams and developer guides.
• Experience with tools like Confluence MkDocs or GitHub Wikis.

Soft Skills & Competencies

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to align platform initiatives with business goals and long-term vision.
• Leadership & Mentorship: Proven track record of leading technical teams and mentoring engineers.
• Collaboration: Strong cross-functional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Problem Solving: Analytical mindset with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving complex issues.
• Accountability: Ownership mentality with a focus on delivering high-impact outcomes.
• Operational Excellence: Commitment to reliability scalability and continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
• Certifications in AWS Azure Kubernetes or DevOps practices.
• Experience with platform engineering frameworks like Backstage or Internal Developer Portals.
• Familiarity with emerging technologies such as OAM/KubeVela Cuelang and AI/ML infrastructure.

Benefits:

A comprehensive benefits package that begins your first day of employment.Additional Information:Wolters Kluwer offers great benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life includingMedical Dental & Vision Plans 401(k) FSA/HSA Commuter Benefits Tuition Assistance Plan Vacation and Sick Time and Paid Parental Leave. Full details of our benefits are available

Matters

Wolters Kluwer strives for an inclusive company culture in which we attract develop and retain diverse talent to achieve our strategy. As a global company having a diverse workforce is of the utmost importance. Weve been recognized by employees as a European Diversity Leader in the Financial Times as one of Forbes Americas Best Employers for Diversity inand 2020 and as one of Forbes Americas Best Employers for Women inand 2018. In 2020 we placed third in the Female Board Index and were recognized by the European Women on Boards Gender Diversity Index. Wolters Kluwer and all of our subsidiaries divisions and customer/departments is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.