{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"f2c18111df2c2063b9a27890","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/f2c18111df2c2063b9a27890","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/f2c18111df2c2063b9a27890","title":"Lead AWS Full Stack Engineer – Backstage Platform","description":"Job Title: Lead AWS Full Stack Engineer – Backstage Platform\nJob Category: Software Development / Cloud Engineering\nEmployment Type: Full-Time / Permanent\nLocation: Lafayette, LA | Knoxville, TN | Birmingham, AL | Columbia, SC\nExperience: 10+ Years\nWork Mode: Hybrid - 2days Onsite\n\nPosition Overview\n\nSystemOne is seeking an experienced Lead AWS Full Stack Engineer with deep, hands-on Backstage Platform experience to design, develop, customize, and enhance enterprise developer portal capabilities and integrations within an AWS-focused financial services environment.\n\nThis is a specialized technical leadership role requiring a strong combination of Backstage platform engineering, React front-end development, Java backend development, and AWS cloud expertise.\n\nThe ideal candidate will have extensive experience building and extending Backstage capabilities, including custom plugins, Software Catalog, software templates, permissions/RBAC, reusable components, and API integrations. The candidate will also provide technical leadership, guide architectural decisions, and help deliver scalable, secure, and enterprise-ready platform engineering solutions.\n\nHands-on Backstage experience is mandatory for this position.\n\nYour Future Duties and Responsibilities\n\nDesign, develop, and enhance custom capabilities and integrations within the Backstage platform.\n\nBuild and maintain custom Backstage plugins, Software Catalog integrations, software templates, reusable components, and API extensions.\n\nConfigure and customize Backstage permissions, access controls, and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).\n\nDevelop modern front-end applications and components using React.\n\nDesign, develop, and maintain Java-based backend services, APIs, and integrations.\n\nIntegrate Backstage with databases, backend services, GitLab, and enterprise development tools.\n\nDevelop and support cloud-native applications and platform services within AWS.\n\nWork with AWS services, including 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The candidate will also provide technical leadership, guide architectural decisions, and help deliver scalable, secure, and enterprise-ready platform engineering solutions.\n\nHands-on Backstage experience is mandatory for this position.\n\nYour Future Duties and Responsibilities\n\nDesign, develop, and enhance custom capabilities and integrations within the Backstage platform.\n\nBuild and maintain custom Backstage plugins, Software Catalog integrations, software templates, reusable components, and API extensions.\n\nConfigure and customize Backstage permissions, access controls, and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).\n\nDevelop modern front-end applications and components using React.\n\nDesign, develop, and maintain Java-based backend services, APIs, and integrations.\n\nIntegrate Backstage with databases, backend services, GitLab, and enterprise development tools.\n\nDevelop and support cloud-native applications and platform services within AWS.\n\nWork with AWS services, including 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