What are the responsibilities and job description for the Junior Platform Engineering Cohort position at koddi?
About Koddi
We are a global technology company with software and services that help top digital marketplaces effectively monetize their first-party audiences through industry-leading commerce media technology and strategy. Our enterprise platforms leverage first-party data to drive marketplace revenue and profit by improving user experience and target shoppers throughout the purchase path. Koddi’s platforms enable any advertiser, any marketplace, in any industry to increase awareness, generate demand, and drive revenue. We are committed to driving innovation and growth in the commerce media space.
As part of that commitment, we’ve launched Koddi Academy, a learning platform designed to provide expert knowledge, competitive insights, and practical strategies for thriving in this fast-growing industry. Explore our latest certification course, to deepen your expertise and stay ahead in the evolving world of commerce media.
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About the Role
Koddi is excited to announce a Platform Engineering training program geared towards recent graduates with Computer Science, Information Technology, or related degrees, as well as recent grads who have completed coding bootcamps! The Koddi Impact Program is an intensive 8-week training program that includes all aspects of Platform Engineering at Koddi. In addition to technical training during this program, and on an ongoing basis, we will also provide instructor-led and self-paced leadership development opportunities.
Program Highlights
- Work with industry-leading experts to gain hands-on knowledge and experience in cloud infrastructure
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of the Koddi business and the platform that powers it
- Have the opportunity to share and present ideas with team members
- Participate in leadership workshops and soft skill development
- Receive executive mentorship and peer-to-peer support throughout the program
What You’ll Do
- Write and maintain Terraform modules for AWS and Azure resources - real production infrastructure, reviewed through the team’s PR process
- Build and configure monitoring alerts in Datadog - Kubernetes node health, cron job queue monitors, CI/CD pipeline latency, Azure App Registration expiry notifications
- Maintain and improve GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines - implementing pre-commit hooks (trufflehog, tfsec), optimizing Docker build steps, improving pipeline reliability
- Support Kubernetes cluster operations on EKS (AWS) and AKS (Azure) - reading cluster state, auditing service accounts, helping troubleshoot pod-level issues
- Contribute to security hygiene tasks - IAM role auditing, RDS snapshot cleanup, pre-commit scanning rollout
- Write runbooks and operational documentation - the team depends on clear async docs and every contributor writes them
- Support senior engineers on larger-scale projects (K8s cluster modernization, CDN infrastructure, platform tooling)
- Attend team ceremonies - daily standups, biweekly retrospectives, and Architecture Review Board (ARB) sessions
What You’ll Learn
Koddi runs a real dual-cloud production platform. During the cohort and in your first year, you’ll get hands-on with the team’s actual stack:
- Terraform on AWS and Azure - writing real modules, managing state, working in Terraform Cloud, understanding module structure and IaC review processes
- Kubernetes cluster operations - EKS and AKS, reading cluster state, supporting migrations, troubleshooting pod scheduling and node health issues
- Datadog observability - building monitors and alerts from scratch, including Kubernetes node health checks, cron job queue monitors, and CI/CD pipeline latency dashboards
- GitHub Actions CI/CD - maintaining and improving pipelines, implementing pre-commit hooks (trufflehog, tfsec), working with Docker build optimization
- Azure Front Door and Blob Storage - the team is actively building a dual-CDN fallback system and you’ll contribute to it
- Security fundamentals in context - IAM roles, least-privilege principles, secrets management, and pre-commit scanning integrated into the IaC workflow
What You’ll Bring
Required
- Graduating by May 2026 with a BS/MS in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field - OR - completion of a rigorous coding bootcamp with demonstrated infrastructure
or systems coursework - Available onsite in Fort Worth, TX Monday-Friday during the 8-week cohort, and full-time after
- Git proficiency - branching, PRs, and basic workflows are non-negotiable given the team’s IaC review process
- At least one scripting language at a working level (Python or Bash preferred - Bash is used in CI/CD, Python for tooling and automation)
- Strong written communication - the team values async documentation, and juniors write runbooks and design doc sections from early on
Nice to Have
- Docker or container exposure (any coursework or personal project counts)
- Any cloud provider experience - AWS free tier, Azure student credits, lab environments all count
- Terraform or IaC coursework or personal projects
- Linux command-line comfort (file permissions, process inspection, log navigation)
- Any monitoring tool experience - free-tier Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, or similar