Software Engineer II, Platform

. Crane Worldwide Logistics . • Houston, TX

2d

About The Position

The Software Engineer II, Platform owns the day-to-day design, delivery, and operation of platforms, balancing delivery speed with maintainability and reliability. The role defines and evolves reusable engineering paths and standards, improves observability and incident response, and supports an internal AI skill marketplace. It also mentors engineering teammates, partners with product and design on scope and roadmaps, leads platform-level incident response, and champions developer experience by reducing friction, onboarding time, build and deployment times, and cognitive load.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience, including meaningful experience in platform, infrastructure, or systems-level engineering.
• Deep backend expertise and full-stack fluency.
• Mastery of C# or F# on .NET Core, minimal APIs, background hosted services, and serverless technologies such as AWS Lambda or Azure Functions.
• Hands-on Terraform experience, including designing reusable infrastructure-as-code modules and templates for other teams.
• Strong GitHub fluency, including repository and branch governance and GitHub Actions CI/CD.
• Strong command of relational data systems such as SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQL, and event-driven messaging such as Kafka or Azure Service Bus.
• Practical experience with secrets management, feature flagging and progressive delivery, Dev Containers or comparable local environment tooling, and Grafana or comparable dashboards and alerting tools.
• Ability to design and operate systems other engineers build on and align a team behind technical decisions.
• Analytical decision-making that weighs costs, benefits, risks, and likelihood of success.
• Proactive approach to opportunities and challenges, with urgency, energy, and enthusiasm.
• Accountability for meeting commitments and delivering performance.
• Ability to build internal and external partnerships and communicate ideas clearly to gain support.
• Ability to meet the physical requirements of the job, including use of standard office and audiovisual equipment, and punctual attendance and regular on-site presence at the assigned work location.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with incident management tools and processes such as Incident.io or equivalent.
• Interest or hands-on experience with internal AI tooling ecosystems, such as building, curating, or governing a marketplace of reusable AI skills or agents.

Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day design, delivery, and operation of platforms, balancing delivery speed with long-term maintainability and reliability.
• Define and evolve reusable Terraform modules, Dev Container templates, CI/CD workflows, and golden-path patterns for engineering teams.
• Set and uphold organization-wide standards for testing, reliability, security, observability, secrets handling, and feature-flag hygiene.
• Build and improve observability in Grafana and incident workflows in Incident.io so issues are caught early and resolved with durable fixes.
• Curate and grow the internal AI skill marketplace by setting quality and safety standards, reviewing submissions, and helping teams identify and build appropriate skills.
• Mentor Engineer I and II teammates and provide code and design reviews, with attention to platform and cross-team impact.
• Partner with product and design to shape scope, surface risks, and plan realistic roadmaps.
• Lead incident response for platform-level and cross-service issues and drive durable fixes and prevention.
• Improve developer experience by reducing friction, onboarding time, build and deployment times, and cognitive load.

Benefits

• Quarterly Incentive Plan.
• 136 hours of paid time off per year (17 days), usable for sick time or personal use.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Tuition reimbursement for education related to the job.
• Employee referral bonuses.
• Employee recognition and rewards program.
• Paid volunteer time.
• Employee discounts.
• Wellness incentives of up to $100 per year for completing challenges, in addition to a discount on contribution rates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level