Platform Engineer

World Bank Group - WBG

Staff Closes 11 Aug 2026 10 days left

Overview

The role is responsible for designing and evolving developer-facing platforms to improve developer experience, reduce friction, and provide consistent self-service for application teams. The focus is on platform product engineering, including the Internal Developer Portal, standards, and golden paths.


Key Responsibilities
  • Design, engineer, and evolve developer-facing platform services.
  • Identify friction points across the application delivery lifecycle and translate them into platform capabilities.
  • Define and maintain golden paths, templates, and standards.
  • Design and operate an Internal Developer Portal (IDP).
  • Build and maintain shared platform services using Infrastructure as Code and reusable automation components.
  • Design platform-level CI/CD capabilities.
  • Implement governance-by-design through automated guardrails, policy-as-code, and embedded controls.
  • Partner with cloud, security, architecture, and observability teams.
Required Experience

Demonstrated experience in DevEx, platform engineering, or internal platform product roles, distinct from operational or support-focused positions. Proven experience designing platforms that measurably improve developer experience, adoption, or delivery efficiency. Experience identifying and addressing friction across the software delivery lifecycle. Demonstrated experience in delivering platform engineering solutions within an Agile/ SAFe Agile environment.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree with 7 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience.

Other Details
Languages Required
English
Languages Preferred
Not specified
Contract Duration
3 years 0 months
Work Modality
Not specified
Remuneration
Not specified
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