Senior Principal Platform Lead || Internal Developer Platform
Core
Designing and building an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) to reduce cognitive load and accelerate delivery for NGA and IFS product teams by providing self-service scaffolding, golden paths, and developer portals.
Role type
Senior Principal Platform Lead (Individual Contributor)
Builds
Internal Developer Platform, service catalogues, self-service scaffolding, golden paths, CI/CD integration, and developer portals.
Domain
Enterprise Software, Cloud-Native, AI-Native Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Kubernetes (production operation), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Crossplane), GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, Go, React/Next.js, Kafka/RedPanda, PostgreSQL, AI/LLM application development, developer experience strategy, platform adoption metrics.
Preferred skills
Experience with Backstage/Port/Cortex/Choreo, running Kubernetes in production, explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Technologies
Kubernetes, Terraform, Crossplane, Go, React, Next.js, Kafka, RedPanda, PostgreSQL, AI/LLM tools.
Responsibilities
Own IDP vision, roadmap, and execution; define golden paths and platform standards; integrate authentication/authorization; drive adoption via metrics (DORA, NPS); mentor Principal/Senior engineers; build production AI applications.
Seniority
Senior Principal, hands-on IC
