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- Platform Engineer Typescript, AWS, Datadog- Outside IR35
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**Job title:** Platform Engineer – Typescript, AWS, Datadog
**Role Summary:**
Responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable, secure AWS infrastructure and associated tooling for modern web applications. Collaborates with cross‑functional teams to optimize CI/CD pipelines, monitor system health via Datadog, and manage a large TypeScript monorepo supported by Nx.
**Expectations:**
- Deliver reliable, scalable solutions that meet performance, security, and operational standards.
- Continuously improve developer experience through automation and best‑practice advocacy.
- Handle occasional on‑site visits; primarily remote work.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Develop and maintain AWS cloud resources (EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM).
- Build, test, and deploy CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
- Configure and maintain Datadog monitoring, alerting, and dashboards for application and infrastructure observability.
- Manage and evolve a large TypeScript monorepo managed with Nx (build, lint, test, release).
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployment processes, and other operational tasks.
- Enforce security best practices, access controls, and compliance measures.
- Mentor and support development teams on infrastructure use and tooling.
**Required Skills:**
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript (ES6+).
- Hands‑on experience with AWS services (compute, storage, networking, security).
- Practical knowledge of CI/CD tooling, especially GitHub Actions.
- Experience with observability platforms, primarily Datadog.
- Familiarity with monorepo tooling (Nx or similar).
- Ability to script and automate with shell, Node.js scripts, or IaC tools (Terraform, CDK).
- Excellent troubleshooting, debugging, and communication skills.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent practical experience) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
- Preferred certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, or relevant AWS or DevOps certifications.