Role: Platform Engineer Type: Contract Duration: 6 – 12 Months Location: Houston (Preferred), Remote (US) is also fine Job Description: • Seeking a Platform Engineer with strong Python skills to support Cloud and Data Platform project. Primary Responsibilities: • Design, build, and deploy scalable software solutions across GCP and AWS, leveraging managed cloud services and best practices. • Implement cloud-native (primarily GCP) software using serverless architectures and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. • Document and support data and/or AI related software applications and components. • Troubleshoot data and AI software and environment issues. • Monitor and optimize data and inference pipelines to ensure optimal performance and resource utilization. • Work closely and collaborate with other internal software development and support teams. Required Skills: • 6+ years of full software development lifecycle (requirements, design, code, test, deploy, document, support) experience. • Expertise in data warehousing and data lake concepts • Deep understanding of and experience with object-oriented design and implementation techniques, and design patterns. • API design and implementation experience. • Deep cloud-centric (one or both Azure and GCP) software design, development, deployment, monitoring, and support experience. • Good grasp of software scaling concepts and how to apply those concepts in a cloud-based environment. • Strong Python programming experience. • Knowledge of version control software and usage, ADO/git preferred. • Self-starter who can work both independently (with minimal supervision) as well as within a collaborative team setting. • Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Bonus Skills: • Databricks/Spark experience. • Good understanding and use of RDBMS-related technologies and techniques. • Terraform scripting. • Azure Dev Ops build and deployment pipeline YAML scripting. Required Education/Experience: • Bachelors degree in information systems, computer science, or related technical field.