Lead Platform Engineer
Core
Lead the design and implementation of self-service platform capabilities, intelligent automation systems, and AI-augmented engineering workflows to accelerate software delivery for enterprise payment systems.
Role type
Senior IC Lead Platform Engineer (DevOps/SRE)
Builds
Internal developer platforms, automated provisioning workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and distributed workflow orchestration systems
Domain
Financial Services / Cloud Infrastructure / Platform Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Platform engineering principles, AI literacy (context engineering, prompt engineering, agent orchestration), Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes/OpenShift, distributed systems architecture, cloud environments (Azure/AWS), Linux/Unix, CI/CD (GitHub Actions/GitOps), object-oriented programming (Python/Java/TypeScript), Bash scripting, technical leadership
Preferred skills
Internal developer portals (Backstage/Port), progressive delivery techniques, custom platform tooling development, payment systems domain knowledge
Technologies
Terraform, Ansible, Dynatrace, GitHub, Backstage, Port, Elastic, Kibana, Camunda, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Azure, AWS
Responsibilities
Lead design of self-service platform capabilities and golden paths; Architect intelligent automation systems leveraging AI for CI/CD optimization; Develop and maintain IaC frameworks; Design context engineering patterns for AI-assisted workflows; Evaluate and integrate AI-powered developer tools; Deploy and scale distributed workflow orchestration systems; Build platform observability stacks; Mentor team members on platform engineering and AI practices
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities