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Principal Platform Engineer

Mountain America Credit Union
Mountain America Center - Hybrid (0152), United States, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 9 Jan 2026

About the role

Please reference the schedule and minimum qualifications listed below before applying.

If you need assistance with filling out our application form or during any phase of the application, interview, or employment process, please notify our Human Resources Team at 801-366-6947 option 1 or email macurecruiting@macu.com and every reasonable effort will be made to accommodate your needs in a timely manner.

Job Summary

The Principal Platform Engineer will lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of the platform including Backstage as the core portal, enabling streamlined workflows and visibility across services. As Principal Platform Engineer, you will customize Backstage and build self-service automation for provisioning, CI/CD, environments, deployments, and integrations—empowering the Credit Union with intuitive tools that accelerate productivity, enforce consistency, and drive engineering efficiency across the organization.

Job Description

LOCATION

Mountain America Center - Hybrid:

9800 S Monroe St
Sandy, UT 84070

SCHEDULE

Full Time

To be effective, an individual must be able to perform each job duty successfully. 

  • Leads the architecture and design of full stack solutions for complex business problems, and break down projects and features into manageable tasks, particularly with large projects that involve multiple teams. 

  • Advocates for automation processes by working closely with other teams from across the organization following well established DevOps practices and principles.   

  • Responsible for working with teams necessary to implement and transition to automated workflows, with a continuous focus on making sure security, quality, performance, scalability, and high reliability are integrated into every part of the platform. 

  • Leads full-stack software development covering database design, services and API implementations, and front-end UI development for an engaging user experience primarily with C# and Backstage. 

  • Work with stakeholders on determining priorities and capabilities of the platform. 

  • Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure standardization of technologies between different projects and systems. 

  • Work with other teams across the organization in the establishment of standards and best practices, and to reduce operational complexity. 

  • Continuously introduce new ways of improving and scaling systems and services, including microservices architecture, cloud computing, and other evolving technologies. 

  • Determine and implement processes to ensure the success of all users of the platform. 

  • Champions automation practices throughout the Credit Union by providing guidance, mentorship, and best practices. 

  • Consults across multiple teams and is considered a top-level technical expert in the field. 

  • May be required to work occasional evenings and weekend hours to support production releases and resolve system issues. 

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Company

Mountain America Credit Union

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