Lead Platform Engineer

We are seeking aLead Platform Engineer to design, build and maintain internal platforms that empower development teams with self-service capabilities for deploying, monitoring and managing applications at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain internal platforms that provide development teams with self-service capabilities for deploying, monitoring and managing applications at scale
• Develop and maintain standardized tools, frameworks and libraries to streamline development workflows and promote best practices across multiple teams
• Ensure seamless integration of various development tools and services within the platform ecosystem to support a large number of development teams
• Improve the overall developer experience by providing robust documentation, training and support for platform tools and services
• Implement practices to ensure high availability, reliability and performance of the platforms, supporting the needs of numerous development teams
• Utilize DORA metrics (Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Changes, Change Failure Rate, Mean Time to Recovery) to measure and improve the performance of development and operational processes
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously enhance platform functionality and developer productivity
• Collaborate with development, operations and security teams to ensure seamless integration and support of applications
• Provide technical guidance and support to resolve platform-related issues and improve overall system health

Requirements

• At least 5 years of related experience in platform engineering or a related role
• Understanding of software development processes, CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Proficiency in cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep) and GitOps tools (Flux, ArgoCD)
• Familiarity with tools like Crossplane, Pulumi and AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK) for managing cloud resources
• Experience with Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) such as Backstage, Humanitec and OpsLevel to enhance developer productivity
• Understanding of and experience working with high availability, high performance, multi-data center systems and hybrid cloud environments
• Skills in scripting with Bash, Shell and Python
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues ranging from system resources to application stack traces
• Good English communication skills (speaking, writing and reading)