Senior DevSecOps Engineer – Backstage / Internal Developer Platform
We are looking for a Senior Full-Stack DevSecOps Engineer to join an Internal Developer Experience team focused on building a modern, secure, and AI-enabled Internal Developer Platform (IDP).
The platform is centered around Backstage, serving as the main developer portal. In this role, you will extend the platform with custom plugins, golden paths, automation, and AI-powered workflows that improve developer productivity and reduce cognitive load across engineering teams.
This role is ideal for someone passionate about platform engineering, developer experience (DX), DevSecOps, full-stack development, and applying AI in real-world engineering workflows.
Key Responsibilities
Build & Evolve the Developer Platform
Develop and maintain custom Backstage plugins, templates, catalog configurations, and UI extensions
Integrate golden path workflows (CI/CD templates, IaC, security patterns)
Improve usability, discoverability, and consistency across developer workflows
Advance Developer Experience with AI
Integrate LLM-based assistants and AI-powered tools into the developer portal
Build solutions using embeddings, vector databases, RAG pipelines, and internal knowledge search
Enable AI-assisted onboarding, documentation, troubleshooting, and service scaffolding
Full-Stack & Platform Engineering
Build backend services using Node.js, TypeScript, and Python
Develop UI components with React and Backstage frameworks
Integrate with cloud platforms, identity providers, CI/CD pipelines, repositories, and deployment systems
DevSecOps & Security Enablement
Embed secure-by-default standards into software templates
Integrate security automation (SAST, SCA, DAST, SBOM, policy-as-code) into developer workflows
Implement governance and guardrails through platform policies and plugins
Collaboration & Adoption
Collaborate with platform, cloud, security, and engineering teams
Drive adoption through demos, documentation, and technical guidance
Act as a subject matter expert for Backstage and developer experience tooling
Required Skills & Experience
Core Technical Skills
Strong experience with Backstage (custom plugins, templates, software catalog)
Full-stack development using TypeScript, Node.js, and React
Solid DevSecOps experience (CI/CD, GitOps, build & release automation)
Experience with Kubernetes / container platforms (AKS, OpenShift, or similar)
Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible)
Strong scripting skills
AI & Automation (Highly Valued)
Experience or strong interest in:
LLM integrations (e.g., OpenAI / Azure OpenAI)
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Vector databases and embeddings
RAG pipelines and knowledge retrieval
AI-assisted developer tooling
Security & Governance
Understanding of identity, RBAC, secrets management, and software supply-chain security
Experience embedding security and compliance policies into developer workflows
Personal Attributes
Strong empathy for developers and passion for improving developer experience
Clear communicator with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Curious, collaborative, and improvement-oriented
Comfortable working in complex, large-scale environments
- Locations
- Gothenburg , Sweden
About Aurora Engineering AB
Aurora Engineering AB is a Swedish engineering consultancy providing technical expertise and project support within the automotive and industrial sectors. We connect skilled engineers with innovative companies to deliver high-quality solutions in product development, design, testing, and digital engineering.
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