Lead Engineer - DevOps & Platform Engineering

Lead Engineer DevOps & Platform Engineering

Your Role & Responsibilities

• You will play a key role in shaping the

  platform engineering strategy

  , aligning engineering execution with business outcomes, and delivering reusable, intelligent, and secure platforms. Youll work across multiple squads and domains to build a high-performing ecosystem that powers next-generation software delivery. Your responsibilities will include:
• Lead and implement the vision for

  DevOps and platform engineering

  capabilities across GCP and Azure environments
• Drive engineering-wide initiatives on

  multi-tenancy optimization, environment reduction

  , and

  infrastructure reuse

• Own and evolve our

  CI/CD automation pipelines

  , Kubernetes infrastructure, and GitOps-based delivery workflows using ArgoCD, Helm, Terraform, and Kustomize
• Architect and scale

  multi-tenant platforms

  with strong isolation, configurability, and security baked-in
• Define and drive

  platform engineering strategy and OKRs

  , including targets for speed, scale, resilience, and developer enablement
• Establish best-in-class

  observability, alerting, and SLO frameworks

  , and improve incident lifecycle response using tools like Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and InfluxDB
• Champion

  DevSecOps

  practices by embedding security, compliance, and policy-as-code in all platform components
• Build internal tools, reusable templates, and developer self-service capabilities to scale productivity
• Collaborate with engineering managers, product leaders, and architects to align platform goals with business priorities
• Mentor engineers and foster a

  culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement

• Bonus: Lead

  GenAI experimentation

  for platform use cases like pipeline insights, log triage, changelog generation, and automated documentation

Skills & Experience Required

• 10+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering with cloud-native infrastructure
• Hands-on expertise in

  GCP and Azure

  , Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Terraform, Helm, and GitOps workflows
• Demonstrated success in leading

  platform-wide engineering initiatives

  and aligning them with business/technical strategy
• Deep knowledge of

  multi-tenant architecture

  , infrastructure standardization, and cost-efficient scaling
• Strong experience in

  observability tooling

  , SLOs, and production readiness practices
• Advanced understanding of

  DevSecOps

  , compliance automation, and security-by-design principles
• Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership skills across cross-functional teams
• Good to have: Exposure to

  LLMs/GenAI

  in engineering workflows and intelligent automation

What You Bring

• A builder’s mindset with a strong focus on

  platform scalability, developer productivity, and resilience

• Ability to lead strategic initiatives from design through execution
• Bias for automation, reuse, and simplification
• Passion for mentoring, engineering leadership, and continuous learning
• Experience driving both technical depth and cross-team impact