BackStage Engineer

Job Title: Backstage Engineer Work Location: Jersey City, NJ (Onsite) Duration : 12+ Months Contract Only - USC /GC/EAD/ H4EAD Looking for senior/stable candidate. REQUIRED SKILLS (12+ years of experience) • Strong experience with Backstage platform Engineering • Experience building custom Backstage plugins, templates, and scaffolder workflows • Experience integrating Backstage with: Jenkins, Terraform, Bitbucket, Vault, ArgoCD & REST APIs • Strong Node.js / TypeScript / React experience • Experience designing developer self-service platforms • Understanding of software catalog and blueprint management concepts • API-driven orchestration experience • Experience implementing RBAC and enterprise authentication integrations • Familiarity with OpenShift / Kubernetes integrations preferred • Strong understanding of platform engineering operating models • Please focus on candidates with strong hands-on experience designing, developing, customizing, and supporting enterprise developer portals Key areas of experience • Hands-on development and customization of Backstage (Spotify Backstage) • Developer Portal implementation and administration • Platform Engineering and Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) • Cloud platforms, particularly AWS and Azure • CI/CD automation and DevOps tooling • Software catalog, service templates, plugins, and developer self-service capabilities • We are specifically looking for engineers who have built, enhanced, or managed developer portals in production environments and can demonstrate measurable impact on developer experience and productivity .