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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Platform & API Engineer III - Project Sunrise - Orbital Data Centers - **Company:** Blue Origin - **Location:** Denver, CO, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $164,652 - $230,513 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, User Authentication, Biometrics, C Sharp (Programming Language), Software as a Service, Computer Programming, Data Centers, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), OAuth, OpenID, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Secure Coding, Software Engineering, Data Logging, Cloud Platform System, System Availability, Software Security, Backend, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Terraform, Code Restructuring, Docker, Golang - **Published:** November 14, 2026 - **Apply:** https://blueorigin.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/BlueOrigin/job/Denver-CO/Platform---API-Engineer-III---Project-Sunrise---Orbital-Data-Centers_R75578-1 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field. * 3+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on building and operating backend systems. * Demonstrated experience with designing and scaling APIs and distributed services. * Strong programming skills in a language like Go, Python, Java, or C#. * Experience with building and operating services on a cloud platform (e.g., AWS, GCP). * Solid understanding of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes). * Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. Preferred Qualifications: * Experience with building and operating multi-tenant SaaS platforms. * Deep knowledge of API security, authentication, and authorization (e.g., OAuth 2.0, OIDC). * Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and practices. * Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible). * Familiarity with SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001, and secure development practices such as NIST SSDF (SP 800-218). * A passion for building robust, scalable, and secure production systems. ## Description As a Platform & API Engineer, you will be responsible for scaling our customer-facing systems from a single-tenant service to a highly available, multi-tenant platform. This role is critical for hardening and scaling our Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to support a growing customer base. You will focus on the reliability, scalability, and security of the entire customer platform, ensuring that as we add new tenants, our systems remain robust, performant, and secure. This is a role for a software engineer who is passionate about building production-grade, distributed systems and understands what it takes to turn a successful prototype into a world-class service. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: * Evolve our customer-facing APIs to support multi-tenancy, ensuring strict data isolation and security between customers. * Design and implement improvements to the backend services to ensure they can scale to handle increasing load from multiple tenants. * Develop and implement a comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting strategy for the customer platform to ensure high availability. * Build the tooling and automation required to onboard new customers smoothly and efficiently. * Work with the security team to conduct security audits, threat modeling, and hardening of the public-facing API. * Refactor and improve the existing codebase to support long-term maintainability and scalability. * Contribute to the full lifecycle of the customer platform., Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. Background Check * Required for all positions: Blue's Standard Background Check * Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation * Required for Certain Job Profiles: Drivers who operate Commercial Motor Vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW), Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) or combination of power unit and trailer that meets or exceeds 10,001 lbs. and/or transports placardable amounts of hazardous materials by ground in any vehicle on a public road while in commerce, may be subject to additional Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations including: Driver Qualification Files, Medical Certification (obtained before onboarding), Road Test, Hours of Service, Drug and Alcohol Testing, vehicle inspection requirements, CDL requirements (if applicable) and hazardous materials transportation/shipping training. * Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical