Lead Platform Engineer - DevOps, AWS & Kubernetes
Core
Lead the design and evolution of a highly scalable, reliable GraphQL platform serving multiple teams and business units within a financial services firm.
Role type
Senior IC platform engineer (DevOps, AWS, Kubernetes)
Builds
Self-service developer experiences, APIs, tooling, documentation, and integration patterns for internal engineering teams.
Domain
Financial services / Cloud-native infrastructure / Platform engineering
Required skills
Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Python, GraphQL, AWS, CI/CD, Git, Splunk, Datadog, Dynatrace, CloudWatch, OAuth 2.0, AI-assisted development tools
Preferred skills
AWS EKS/ECS Fargate/IAM/VPC, Java/Rust/Go, Jenkins/Spinnaker, AIOps, open-source contributions
Technologies
AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Python, GraphQL, Jenkins, Splunk, Datadog, CloudWatch, Git, OAuth, Redis, PostgreSQL
Responsibilities
Design and evolve the GraphQL platform; manage large-scale workloads with containerization/orchestration; establish observability and alerting standards; create reusable CI/CD and IaC patterns; design self-service developer experiences; automate tasks with Python/Terraform; architect GraphQL solutions and API standards; drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices; mentor engineers and guide architectural decisions.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities