Infrastructure & Developer Platform Lead

Overview

In this role, you lead cloud infrastructure and the internal developer platform to enable scalable, AI-native software delivery. You will translate architecture into practical platform capabilities, emphasizing reliability, security and self-service for multiple engineering teams. The position blends hands-on engineering with platform ownership to reduce friction and accelerate product delivery. You’ll work with cloud architects, security specialists and cross-functional teams to drive automation and continuous platform evolution.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud infrastructure and internal developer platform engineering within a platform capability or engineering domain
• Design, build and operate cloud infrastructure and internal developer platform capabilities
• Deliver self-service platform capabilities that enhance developer productivity and reduce engineering friction
• Own infrastructure-as-code, automated provisioning, platform automation and engineering environments
• Translate cloud architecture strategies into implementation plans and engineering roadmaps
• Build and maintain reliable, secure and self-service engineering environments
• Drive automation across provisioning, deployment, testing, observability and operational processes
• Ensure infrastructure meets security, operability, compliance and resilience requirements
• Improve developer productivity through reusable platform services, tooling and automation
• Support AI-native software delivery through platform capabilities, governance, automation and operational controls
• Drive reliability, security, observability and operational readiness across platform services
• Manage technical risks, incidents, dependencies and blockers
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring while guiding platform engineering decisions
• Build platform capability, operational knowledge and engineering practices for long-term ownership

Key requirements

• 7+ years of experience in cloud, infrastructure or platform engineering
• Experience leading cloud or platform engineering delivery within a technical team
• Strong hands-on expertise in infrastructure-as-code, automation and cloud-native architectures
• Experience building or operating Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)
• Deep understanding of cloud-native infrastructure, networking, identity management and platform engineering
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, observability, cloud security and operational readiness
• Proven experience in delivering self-service platform capabilities that improve developer productivity
• Understanding of how platform services, governance and tooling enable AI-native software delivery
• Knowledge of reliability engineering, operational resilience and secure platform design principles
• Experience treating platform capabilities as products, balancing usability, adoption, reliability and productivity
• Ability to influence, mentor and collaborate across engineering communities without formal authority
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across architecture, engineering and security teams

• influence and collaboration
• mentoring and leadership
• stakeholder engagement
• infrastructure-as-code
• automation
• cloud-native architectures

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