Solutions/Platform Engineer

Solution/Platform Engineer – Python / AWS

Location: Irvine or Los Angeles, CA
Schedule: Hybrid, 3 days onsite
Duration: 12+ month contract

We’re working with a leading financial services organization seeking a hands-on Solution Engineer to support application engineering, cloud infrastructure, integrations, and platform initiatives.

This role is ideal for an engineer who can build production-grade applications and APIs in Python while also working hands-on with AWS infrastructure, Terraform, CI/CD, and Kubernetes/EKS.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, production-grade Python applications and APIs
• Develop backend solutions and automation using Python and SQL
• Build and support solutions across the AWS ecosystem, including cloud resources and EKS
• Develop and maintain Terraform infrastructure-as-code
• Build and support CI/CD pipelines
• Support application integrations and platform migrations
• Work across both application development and platform/infrastructure engineering
• Support monitoring and observability across applications and infrastructure
• Partner with engineering teams and users to understand workflows and develop technical solutions
• Take ownership of complex initiatives from design through production

Required Qualifications

• Strong hands-on Python development experience
• Proven experience designing and building scalable, production-grade enterprise APIs
• Strong AWS cloud/infrastructure engineering experience
• Hands-on Terraform and infrastructure-as-code experience
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Strong SQL skills
• Experience supporting application integrations and backend systems
• Ability to work across both software/application development and platform engineering
• Ability to independently take complex technical problems from concept through production

Preferred Qualifications

• Kubernetes / EKS
• Databricks
• Datadog or similar monitoring/observability platforms
• Platform or application migration experience
• Financial services, investment management, or capital markets experience
• Experience incorporating AI-enabled development tools into the SDLC