Platform Engineering Manager
Core
Own and evolve the Internal Developer Portal (IDP) as a first-class product to reduce friction for engineering teams, establish 'Golden Paths' for safe software delivery, and lead a team of Platform Engineers.
Role type
Senior IC Platform Engineering Manager (Developer Experience)
Builds
Internal Developer Portal (IDP), centralized service catalog, self-service capabilities, and cloud platform tooling
Domain
Financial services / Cloud-native platform engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Leading internal platforms and developer-facing products, CI/CD and GitOps practices, Kubernetes and container orchestration, Internal Developer Portal tools (Backstage, Port, Cortex), building alignment across Security/SRE/Architecture, managing distributed teams, AI-assisted development integration, TypeScript/Python/Java/Go, API and microservice design, DevSecOps, Observability (OpenTelemetry), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
Preferred skills
None explicitly stated as preferred
Technologies
Backstage, Port, Cortex, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, AWS, GitHub, Jira, Confluence, OpenTelemetry, TypeScript, Python, Java, Go
Responsibilities
Define strategy and roadmap for the IDP and service catalog, establish 'Golden Paths' for build/deploy/operate workflows, partner with Product Management on adoption, coach and develop a team of Platform Engineers, improve developer velocity and platform consistency
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership