Platform Engineer
About the role
Insight Global is seeking a Senior Platform Software Engineer to join a leading retail client in Vancouver, BC. This role will focus on building and enhancing scalable backend services within a Microsoft-centric ecosystem, leveraging modern cloud and distributed system patterns.
As a key contributor, you will be responsible for implementing technical designs into production-ready solutions, working primarily with .NET, C#, APIs, and event-driven/pub-sub architectures. This role is scoped for a strong mid-to-senior level engineer who can operate independently within an established architecture and development framework.
You will collaborate closely with platform and product engineering teams to deliver high-quality, reliable services in a cloud-based environment, primarily within AWS. While you will not be responsible for translating business requirements into system design, you will play a critical role in executing on those designs and ensuring best practices across performance, scalability, and maintainability. The team is highly collaborative and values strong cultural alignment, ownership, and a product-minded approach to engineering.
Must Haves: • 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on backend/platform development • Strong experience with Microsoft stack technologies including .NET and C# • Experience building and maintaining APIs and distributed systems • Hands-on experience with event-driven or pub/sub asynchronous architectures • Experience working in AWS cloud environments • Exposure to AI engineering workflows or tooling • Ability to take technical designs and implement solutions independently with minimal oversight
Plusses: • Experience with test automation frameworks and practices • Experience implementing and leveraging observability tools (Datadog preferred) • Experience with Kiro or a similar AI-assisted development tools
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Platform Engineer
About the role
Insight Global is seeking a Senior Platform Software Engineer to join a leading retail client in Vancouver, BC. This role will focus on building and enhancing scalable backend services within a Microsoft-centric ecosystem, leveraging modern cloud and distributed system patterns.
As a key contributor, you will be responsible for implementing technical designs into production-ready solutions, working primarily with .NET, C#, APIs, and event-driven/pub-sub architectures. This role is scoped for a strong mid-to-senior level engineer who can operate independently within an established architecture and development framework.
You will collaborate closely with platform and product engineering teams to deliver high-quality, reliable services in a cloud-based environment, primarily within AWS. While you will not be responsible for translating business requirements into system design, you will play a critical role in executing on those designs and ensuring best practices across performance, scalability, and maintainability. The team is highly collaborative and values strong cultural alignment, ownership, and a product-minded approach to engineering.
Must Haves: • 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on backend/platform development • Strong experience with Microsoft stack technologies including .NET and C# • Experience building and maintaining APIs and distributed systems • Hands-on experience with event-driven or pub/sub asynchronous architectures • Experience working in AWS cloud environments • Exposure to AI engineering workflows or tooling • Ability to take technical designs and implement solutions independently with minimal oversight
Plusses: • Experience with test automation frameworks and practices • Experience implementing and leveraging observability tools (Datadog preferred) • Experience with Kiro or a similar AI-assisted development tools