Backend Software Engineer - Platforms
Backend Software Engineer - Platforms position — see original posting for full details.
About DataCamp
DataCamp's mission is to empower everyone with the data and AI skills essential for 21st-century success. By providing practical, engaging learning experiences, DataCamp equips learners and organizations of all sizes to harness the power of data and AI. As a trusted partner to over 17 million learners and 6,000+ companies, including 80% of the Fortune 1000 , DataCamp is leading the charge in addressing the critical data and AI skills shortage.
About the role
At DataCamp, we are on a mission to make Data and AI training available to everybody. As a Dev Platform Backend Engineer , within our Developer Platforms team, you'll serve as a deep-dive specialist at the intersection of backend platform initiatives, security, and next-generation AI agent infrastructure. You’ll contribute and shape the entire backend developer experience at DataCamp. This means developing agent-invocable service templates and golden paths, evolving infrastructure abstractions, and establishing robust observability standards, authentication patterns, and CI/CD guardrails, ensuring product teams can build, maintain, and release secure software with speed and autonomy. You are a deep-dive specialist who loves the craft of building scalable and secure services but understands that great features are only possible if the underlying platform is reliable and easy to use.
About you
At DataCamp, we seek individuals who embody our core values of data-driven decision-making, action, transparency, ownership, and customer focus. You thrive in a fast-paced, high-performing environment and are driven by a passion for making a meaningful impact. You're adaptable, embracing change and ambiguity with enthusiasm. Your pro-activeness and entrepreneurial spirit push you beyond just meeting targets, you aim to understand the "why" behind our goals and take ownership to drive the business forward. You’re a collaborative team player who values transparency and always seeks to improve and innovate. If this sounds like you, we encourage you to apply!
Responsibilities
As an engineer in the Developer Platforms team your main responsibility is to “Pave the Path” for product teams to maximize their developer experience (DX) and efficiency when building the DataCamp platform. This responsibility stretches across the SDLC of backend development. This is a non exhaustive list of responsibilities as part of this role:
Posted June 8, 2026