Position Details

Salary $20 – $30 USD / year

Type Internship

Experience intern

Exp. Years 0

Education Must be actively enrolled in a college degree program

Category DevOps & SRE

About this role

DevOps Backstage Intern will support the development and operation of an Internal Developer Platform built on Backstage, focusing on improving developer experience and enabling reliable application delivery on Kubernetes.

Key Responsibilities

Assist in supporting an Internal Developer Platform built on Backstage by helping maintain platform components that enable teams to discover, deploy, and operate their services on Kubernetes
Learn how Backstage entities are defined and maintained, update metadata and documentation
Support Backstage templates (golden paths) by testing scaffolding workflows and validating manifests
Help monitor and troubleshoot platform-related Kubernetes workloads
Contribute to improving the developer experience by documenting Backstage features and onboarding steps

Technical Overview

The role involves maintaining platform components, updating Backstage entities, validating Kubernetes manifests, monitoring deployments, and documenting features to improve usability for internal teams.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an intern with exposure to Kubernetes and Backstage, strong documentation and communication skills, and an interest in platform engineering to improve developer experience across a remote team.

Must-Have Skills

Must be actively enrolled in a college degree programMust be legally authorized to work in the United States

Nice-to-Have Skills

Familiarity with Kubernetes conceptsBasic experience with Git and GitHubHands-on experience with containers and DockerStrong documentation and communication skills

Tools & Platforms

BackstageKubernetesDockerGitGitHub

Required Skills

Must be actively enrolled; Kubernetes; Backstage; Backstage templates; Golden paths; CI/CD integrations; Kubernetes-based infrastructure; Service catalogs; Docker; Git; GitHub

Hard Skills

KubernetesBackstageBackstage templatesGolden pathsCI/CD integrationsKubernetes-based infrastructureService catalogsDockerGitGitHub

Soft Skills

DocumentationCommunicationProblem-solvingTeam collaboration

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS

Job Function Support and enhance the Internal Developer Platform (Backstage) to improve developer experience and reliable delivery on Kubernetes.

Role Subtype Backstage Engineer Intern

Tech Domains Kubernetes, Backstage, Docker, Git, GitHub, CI/CD, Internal Developer Platform

Keywords for Your Resume

devops backstage internbackstagekubernetescontainersdockergitgithubci/cdservice catalogsgolden pathskubernetes manifestsinternal developer platformplatform engineeringremoteinternshipremote internshipidpbackstage entities

Deal Breakers

Not actively enrolled in a college degree program, Not legally authorized to work in the United States

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