Bentley Systems

Software Engineer, Documentation Platform

Bentley Systems • $95K — $115K *
Exton, PA 19341In-Person
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of hands-on software development experience.
  • Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS for web applications.
  • Backend development experience, particularly with Python.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, ideally Azure DevOps.
  • Strong scripting and automation skills, with a preference for PowerShell.
  • Experience in integrating REST APIs into web applications.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the technical roadmap for the documentation platform.
  • Build and maintain a production web platform using modern technologies.
  • Develop frontend integrations and interactive user experiences.
  • Integrate cloud-hosted services and REST APIs.
  • Debug issues across frontend, backend, and infrastructure.
  • Own and enhance Azure DevOps pipelines for documentation.
  • Create and maintain automation with Python and PowerShell.

Benefits

  • Collaborative team culture and environment.
  • Integral role in a leading software company in infrastructure solutions.
  • Attractive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
  • Commitment to diversity and colleague wellbeing.
  • Opportunity to contribute to sustainable infrastructure advancements.
Full Job Description
Software Engineer, Documentation Platform

Location: Exton, PA (Hybrid, 3 times a week, in-office)

Position Summary:

Bentley's documentation platform, docs.bentley.com, helps engineers and infrastructure professionals around the world learn, discover, and get value from Bentley software. We're building a modern platform that combines web technologies, automation, search, and AI-assisted experiences to help users find answers faster and be more productive.

We're looking for a Software Engineer to help own and evolve this platform. This hands-on role is ideal for a versatile engineer who enjoys working across web development, platform engineering, automation and DevOps. You'll build and maintain customer-facing experiences, integrate cloud-hosted services and APIs, automate delivery pipelines and partner with teams across Bentley to improve how technical content is created, published and consumed.

Responsibilities:
  • Help drive the technical roadmap for Bentley's documentation platform.
  • Build, maintain, and enhance a production web platform using JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and Python.
  • Develop frontend integrations and interactive user experiences.
  • Integrate cloud-hosted services and REST APIs supporting search, discovery, and AI-powered experiences.
  • Debug issues that span frontend applications, APIs, backend services, and infrastructure.
  • Own and improve Azure DevOps pipelines used to build, validate, and publish documentation.
  • Create and maintain automation using Python, PowerShell, and related tooling.
  • Improve platform performance, reliability, observability, and release processes.
  • Partner with product and platform teams to integrate documentation into build and release workflows.
  • Provide tooling, guidance, and technical expertise to help teams publish documentation consistently and efficiently.
  • Collaborate with documentation leadership, Release Services, and infrastructure teams to evolve the platform and its capabilities.

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or a related field.
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience in software development.
  • Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS in production web applications.
  • Experience with backend development or automation using Python.
  • Comfortable working across frontend, backend, and automation codebases.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, preferably Azure DevOps.
  • Strong scripting and automation skills (PowerShell experience preferred).
  • Practical understanding of build, deploy, and release workflows.
  • Experience integrating REST APIs into web applications.
  • Familiarity with cloud-hosted services and APIs; AWS experience is a plus.
  • Ability to troubleshoot issues that span applications, APIs, infrastructure, and deployment pipelines.
  • Experience with Git or other distributed version control systems.
  • This role does not require travel.
  • Requires sitting or standing at will while performing work on a computer (or any other physical requirements).


What will make you stand out:
  • Experience owning or maintaining a public-facing website or platform.
  • Experience extending or maintaining open source or internal development tooling.
  • Familiarity with content publishing systems or static-site generation.
  • Exposure to search, chat, or AI-assisted user experiences.


What we offer
  • A great Team and culture - please see our colleague video.
  • An exciting career as an integral part of a world-leading software company providing solutions for architecture, engineering, and construction - watch this short documentary about how we got our start.
  • An attractive salary and benefits package.
  • A commitment to inclusion, belonging and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives and resource groups.
  • A company committed to making a real difference by advancing the world's infrastructure for better quality of life, where your contributions help build a more sustainable, connected, and resilient world. Discover our latest user success stories for an insight into our global impact.

About Bentley Systems

Bentley Systems, Incorporated is an American-based software development company that develops, manufactures, licenses, sells and supports computer software and services for the design, construction, and operation of infrastructure. The company's software serves the building, plant, civil, and geospatial markets in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and operations. Their software products are used to design, engineer, build, and operate large constructed assets such as roadways, railways, bridges, buildings, industrial and power plants and utility networks. The company's software products are used by professionals such as engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators. Bentley Systems employs more than 4,000 people, generates annual revenues of more than $700 million in 170 countries, and has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions since 2014.
Learn more about Bentley Systems
Size
4,000 employees
Market Cap
$10.5 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$126.5 million
Founded
1984
5 Year Trend
+36.6%
Revenue
$801.5 million
NASDAQ
BSY
* Ladders Estimates

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