Software Engineer 2 or 3 - Platform

This is a multi-level posting. Candidates may be considered for any of the posted levels, depending on their level of experience and depth of expertise.

Our team is building a modern internal platform that powers the development and operation of critical business systems. The platform provides the foundational infrastructure, cloud-native runtime environments, developer tooling, and observability capabilities required to run reliable and scalable applications.

The platform spans multiple engineering domains including infrastructure, Kubernetes-based container platforms, developer tooling, messaging platforms, CI/CD systems, and observability platforms. These capabilities enable application teams to deploy and operate services through standardized, automated, and self-service workflows.

Our approach emphasizes software-driven infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, GitOps workflows, and modern observability practices. Engineers on the platform team build production-grade systems that improve reliability, reduce operational complexity, and accelerate software delivery across the organization.

The platform is built using technologies such as Kubernetes, Terraform, Git-based workflows, Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Software Engineer-Platform is responsible for designing, building, and operating the internal developer platform that enables teams to build, deploy, and operate software efficiently and reliably.

This role focuses on delivering self-service platform capabilities that standardize how applications are built, deployed, and operated across the organization. Platform Engineers work closely with infrastructure, cloud, and application teams to provide scalable platform services including container orchestration tooling, deployment pipelines, messaging systems, observability systems, and developer tooling.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Engineering

Design, build, and operate internal platform services that support application development and deployment

Develop standardized platform capabilities supporting modern application architectures

Enable self-service deployment and infrastructure consumption for development teams

Improve developer productivity by simplifying how applications are built, tested, deployed, and operated

Platform Automation & Tooling

Develop platform components and automation using modern programming languages (Go, Python, Java)

Build tooling and APIs that abstract infrastructure complexity from application teams

Maintain platform infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices

Contribute reusable platform components and service templates

CI/CD & Developer Workflows

Build and operate CI/CD platforms and automated deployment pipelines

Maintain integrations between source control systems, build systems, and deployment platforms

Standardize developer workflows across teams

Improve software delivery speed through automation and platform capabilities

Messaging & Event Streaming Platforms

Build and operate messaging and event streaming platforms used by application teams

Support event-driven architectures using technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar systems

Ensure messaging platforms are reliable, scalable, and observable

Provide standards and tooling that enable teams to publish and consume events consistently

Observability & Reliability

Build and maintain observability systems enabling monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing

Implement telemetry pipelines using Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry

Participate in reliability engineering practices including incident response and operational improvement

Security & Platform Governance

Implement platform security best practices including identity management and secrets management

Ensure platform services support organizational security and compliance requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in management information systems (MIS), computer science or related technical field or equivalent work experience. (Typically four years of related, progressive work experience would be needed for candidates applying for this position who do not possess a bachelor's degree.)

A minimum of four years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or site reliability engineering for level 2 is required.

A minimum of five or more years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or site reliability engineering for level 3 is required.

Experience in one of the following areas:

Internal developer platforms

Kubernetes-based platforms

CI/CD platforms and deployment pipelines

GitOps workflows such as ArgoCD or Flux

Observability systems including Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry

Distributed systems and microservices platforms

Platform security including identity and secrets management

Preferred:

Experience building self-service developer platforms

Experience supporting streaming data platforms or messaging systems

Experience with SQL, NoSQL, or graph databases

Experience working in hybrid cloud environments

Contributions to open-source platform or infrastructure projects

ABOUT US

MidAmerican Energy Company, a Midwest utility, provides regulated electric and natural gas service to more than 1.6 million customers in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. The company owns and operates a portfolio of power-generating assets, approximately 61% of which is wind generation.

ABOUT THE TEAM

MidAmerican Energy Company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without an accommodation.

JOB INFO

Job Identification: 10004814

Job Category: Information Technology

Job Schedule: Full time

Job Shift: Day

Pay Range: 88,800-127,500

Sponsorship: No - Must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Business: MidAmerican Energy Company