Manager - Internal Developer Portal (Backstage) (Chicago)

***Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote*** ***We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent full-time role*** A prestigious company is looking for a Manger - Internal Developer Portals (BACKSTAGE). This manager will need a background with hands-on experience with internal developer portals such as Backstage, service catalog configuration, software templates, etc. Responsibilities: Acts as Product Owner: defines the DevX roadmap, manages the backlog, and leads sprint planning and reviews Engages engineering teams as internal customers to gather requirements and drive adoption of developer tooling Sponsors code reviews and drives continuous improvement efforts Participates in creation and review of user stories, providing input on effort estimation and architecture/design Advocates for Agile best practices across the SDLC Conducts proofs of concept using emerging developer experience technologies Manage the Developer Experience pod within Platform Engineering Qualifications: BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent experience 7+ years in platform engineering, DevOps, or related infrastructure/tooling disciplines 3+ years in an engineering leadership or management role Experience with Agile methodologies, including as a Product Owner Able to treat a platform as a product with roadmaps, backlogs, and user research Hands-on experience with Internal Developer Portals such as Backstage plugin development, service catalog configuration, and software templates Experience building developer tooling and self-service workflows on top of existing platform infrastructure Strong GitOps experience managing infrastructure and application delivery through Git-based workflows Experience in DevOps tooling such as: Terraform, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Artifactory and CI/CD pipeline design Experience with Kubernetes (K8s) and Helm Experience with AWS foundational services: VPCs, Security Groups, EC2, RDS, S3, KMS, IAM, and AWS CLI