Lead DevOps / Platform Engineering Lead
Core
Lead the strategy, architecture, and evolution of a cloud-native platform to enable development teams to deliver software quickly and safely.
Role type
Senior IC Platform Engineering Lead (Java)
Builds
Scalable, secure, reliable, and cost-effective engineering platforms on AWS
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / Platform Engineering / Java Development
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
AWS architecture, Kubernetes platform leadership, Java software engineering, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipeline design, Observability, Security/DevSecOps, Microservices architecture, Distributed systems design, Technical leadership
Preferred skills
FinOps, Regulated industry experience, Large-scale SaaS platforms
Technologies
AWS (EKS, ECS, EC2, S3, IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, Route53, VPC, SNS, SQS, EventBridge, CloudWatch, X-Ray), Kubernetes, Helm, NGINX Ingress, AWS Load Balancer Controller, Rancher, Terraform, AWS CDK, Bamboo, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Artifactory, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, OpenTelemetry, Vault, PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, Kafka, MSK, RabbitMQ, Redis, Spring Boot, Java 17+
Responsibilities
Define and execute Platform Engineering strategy; Design and operate enterprise-scale AWS environments; Lead Kubernetes platform architecture and operations; Define and standardize modern software delivery practices (CI/CD, GitOps); Lead Infrastructure as Code practices; Define platform reliability standards and implement observability solutions; Embed security into the software development lifecycle; Mentor DevOps, Platform, SRE, and Software Engineers; Review application architectures and troubleshoot issues.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities