Senior Backstage Developer

HIGHLIGHTS: • Fully Remote Role - in EST Timezone • 6 Month+ Contract with Extension Potential • US Citizen and Green Card Holders • No 3rd Parties Please ABOUT THE ROLE: One of the largest companies in the Gaming industry is seeking a talented Senior Backstage Developer to play a pivotal role in building, customizing, and scaling Backstage (Spotify’s open source Internal Developer Portal) for enterprise teams. This position focuses on centralizing software cataloging, improving developer experience, and enhancing workflow automation for large-scale technical environments. The role requires both strong engineering talent and collaborative ability to work seamlessly with platform, infrastructure, and security teams. A keen eye for detail and clear communication are essential in delivering impactful outcomes across the organization. Key Responsibilities: • Infrastructure Automation: Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code to provision and manage cloud resources across multiple environments. • Backstage Development: Design, build, and extend Backstage plugins, integrations, and platform features tailored for enterprise-scale adoption. • Enterprise Integration: Architect solutions and connect Backstage to existing systems (CI/CD, observability, identity, cloud, and documentation platforms). • Developer Experience Enablement: Champion workflow automation, documentation, and self-service capabilities within Backstage to boost engineering productivity. • Customization and Security: Work with stakeholders to customize permissions, implement security and compliance requirements, and scale Backstage across multiple teams and regions. • Observability and Monitoring: Integrate Backstage with monitoring and analytics solutions to provide visibility into software and team performance. • Collaboration: Partner with engineering, SRE, infrastructure, and security teams to deliver enterprise-ready developer portal solutions. • Documentation: Develop clear and actionable documentation, onboarding guides, and plugin usage instructions for technical and non-technical audiences. ABOUT YOU: • 5+ years as a Software/Platform Engineer in enterprise environments • Hands-on experience developing, customizing, and maintaining Backstage in production settings • Previous work integrating Backstage with CI/CD, cloud, monitoring, and identity tools (such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS, Datadog) • Deep proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript and React (Backstage tech stack) • Strong hands-on experience with Node.js in production and plugin development contexts • Familiarity with the Express framework is a nice to have • Familiarity with cloud platforms (preferably AWS) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi) • Solid understanding of microservices, containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes) Mindset: • Exceptional attention to detail and a passion for crafting reliable, user-friendly platforms • Proactive ownership of complex problems with a preference for automation • Comfortable in fast-paced, collaborative, and distributed teams • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to explain technical concepts to diverse stakeholders Bonus/Nice to Have: • Prior participation in Backstage open-source projects, contributions, or community engagement • Experience implementing compliance/security controls in developer platforms • Background in supporting multi-region/multi-cloud deployments. ABOUT US AVIVA Talent Advisors is a Certified Women Enterprise Business (WEB) executive search firm providing expertise in talent acquisition and talent intelligence. We take a human-centric approach to hiring niche talent and executives driving digital transformation across the enterprise. We're passionate about creating connections that bring talented people together and creating a platform for elevating women in leadership. We are an Equal Employment and Affirmative Action employer F/M/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, sex age, genetic information, or any other legally protected basis.