Lead Platform Engineer

As a Lead Platform Engineer, you will oversee the design, implementation, and optimization of our CI/CD pipelines and AWS cloud infrastructure. This role includes strategic planning, technical leadership, and hands-on engineering. Participation in an on-call rotation and occasional support outside of business hours is expected.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a team of Platform engineers, fostering growth and technical excellence.
• Architect and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools via Terraform.
• Lead and perform research to find solutions for complex business problems as they relate to infrastructure.
• Oversee CI/CD pipeline development and optimization using GitHub Actions and Argo.
• Drive automation initiatives using Golang, Helm, and Bash for infrastructure and monitoring.
• Enhance system observability through logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions.
• Collaborate with development, architecture, operations, and security teams to align infrastructure with business goals across time zones.
• Ensure high availability, performance, and security of production systems.
• Evaluate and integrate emerging Platform tools and practices to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis for infrastructure-related issues.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in Platform or related infrastructure engineering, with at
• least 2 years in a technical leadership role.
• Deep expertise with Infrastructure as Code tooling (Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, and strong knowledge of Argo, Helm, and GitHub Actions.
• Proficiency in scripting languages and knowledge of cloud platforms.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and analytical skills. Ability to work in a team and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Expertise with observability tools and techniques (e.g., logging, metrics, monitoring, and alerting).
• Expertise with compliance and risk management requirements (e.g., security, PII, SOC, ISO, etc.)
• Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills, with experience resolving complex infrastructure and application issues.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Experience developing system requirements, documentation, architecture diagrams, and implementation plans.

Bonus Skills:

• AWS or DevOps-related certifications
• Expertise with Cloud Optimization strategies
• Experience working with multiple cloud providers