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Fig. 01Cloud & Complex Systems
Platform Engineer
Cloud & Complex Systems
AvailabilityShortlist in 48 h
Vetted Platform Engineer profiles free to start within 4 working days of signature. Counts appear in bands (5–10, 10–20, 20+); below 5 a role shows “Shortlist in 48 h” instead of a number.
Indicative monthly rate per seat
| Level | Experience | From (USD / month) |
|---|---|---|
| Mid | 4–6 years | 4,670 |
| Senior | 6–9 years | 6,140 |
| Lead | 9+ years | 7,980 |
Quotation-based. VAT shown separately. View in SAR, AED, USD or EUR. Quotes valid for 30 days.
Includes the Cloud & Complex Systems practice rate of +5% on the base band.
Remote Pro Ai provides vetted Platform Engineers who build the internal developer platform that makes every other team faster and safer. They design multi-tenant Kubernetes platforms with autoscaling and cost controls, implement GitOps with ArgoCD or Flux, and launch Backstage portals with golden-path templates.
Your Platform Engineer designs Kubernetes platforms with multi-tenancy, autoscaling and cost controls, and builds developer portals and self-service infrastructure (Backstage). Typical stack: Kubernetes, Terraform / OpenTofu, ArgoCD, Helm and Backstage.
Industry analysts expect 80% of large engineering organisations to run a dedicated platform team by the end of 2026. Once teams grow past 50 developers, ticket-driven infrastructure becomes the main bottleneck. Platform engineers replace it with self-service golden paths, cutting lead time while building security and compliance guardrails in by default.
Illustrative profiles that mirror the vetted bench for this role. Names, employers, full gate scores and video introductions, where recorded, are shared after the click-through NDA.
Platform Engineer
Senior7 years
Remote Pro Ai Vetted Verify credential RP-8909
Platform Engineer
Lead10 years
Remote Pro Ai Vetted Verify credential RP-7290
Platform Engineer
Mid6 years
Remote Pro Ai Vetted Verify credential RP-5671
Illustrative profiles that mirror the vetted bench for this role, anonymised. Names, employers, full scores and credentials are shared after the mutual NDA in the booking flow.
Designs Kubernetes platforms with multi-tenancy, autoscaling and cost controls
Implements GitOps (ArgoCD / Flux), IaC and golden-path templates
Builds developer portals and self-service infrastructure (Backstage)
Embeds policy-as-code, security and compliance guardrails
Measures DORA metrics and developer experience
Toolset on our bench
We test each capability in a live technical assessment scored by a practice lead. Nothing on this list is taken from a CV.
Mid4–6 years
Delivers well-scoped work independently within your architecture and standards.
from USD 4,670/month
Senior6–9 years
Owns a component or workstream end to end, reviews code and mentors.
from USD 6,140/month
Lead9+ years
Sets technical direction, leads the squad and reports to your leadership.
from USD 7,980/month
We never place junior profiles. A practice lead confirms every level, so the band you buy is the scope you get.
Typical certifications held by our Platform Engineer bench: CKA · CKAD · Terraform Associate. We verify every certificate with the issuing body before a profile reaches you, and list verified credentials on each profile card.
Remote Pro Ai information security: ISO/IEC 27001 certification in progress (target Q2 2027) · SOC 2 Type II planned for 2027. Evidence and policies are in the Trust Center.
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A telecom operator, Europe
subscriber backend serving 10M+ users
7 engineers · 18 months, ongoing
Re-platformed backend on Kubernetes with autoscaling, observability, chaos testing and follow-the-sun on-call
MatchIQ™ is our vetting and matching engine: 3.4% of applicants pass 5 gates. The live assessment for this role tests the 5 capabilities above against a realistic task, not trivia.
Self-serve bookings receive a shortlist within 48 hours and enterprise requests get named candidates within 72 hours. After you approve a profile and sign, your specialist is working within 4 working days, whether the request is on the bench, off-bench or on-site. When fewer than 5 Platform Engineer profiles are on the bench, we shortlist from the wider vetted network in the same 48 hours.
Pricing is quotation-based and depends on level, hours and any on-site, clearance or data-residency needs. Current bands: Mid from USD 4,670/month · Senior from USD 6,140/month · Lead from USD 7,980/month. VAT is shown separately, quotes can be viewed in SAR, AED, USD or EUR, and every quotation is valid for 30 days. The Squad Builder shows your quote instantly.
Remote Pro Ai is contractually responsible for quality. Raise it at any time: a replacement starts within 4 working days; the full handover completes in under 14 days. Your first engagement also begins with a no-bill trial, one per company: 5 working days on self-serve bookings and 10 on enterprise contracts.
This role is offered at Mid, Senior and Lead level. We never place junior profiles. A practice lead confirms each specialist’s level through a live technical assessment and reference checks, so the band on your quotation reflects scope the person has already delivered rather than a job title on a CV.
Usually once you pass about 50 developers, or when teams wait days for environments, every squad builds its own pipelines and security reviews block releases. A platform team turns those repeated requests into self-service products, so developers ship faster without bypassing standards.
A golden path is a supported, pre-approved way to build and run a common type of service: a template with repository, pipeline, infrastructure, observability and security already wired in. Developers start from it in minutes, and platform engineers maintain it so improvements reach every team at once.
Yes. They build developer portals on Backstage with service catalogues, software templates, documentation and scorecards, integrated with ArgoCD, Terraform or OpenTofu, Crossplane and Kyverno. The portal becomes the front door to your platform rather than another dashboard developers ignore. Adoption is designed in from the first template.
Platform engineers track DORA metrics (deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, recovery time) plus developer-experience measures such as time to first deploy. Golden-path adoption is tracked too, because a platform nobody uses delivers nothing. Baselines are captured before the platform launches, so improvement is measurable.
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