Platform Engineering Lead

Power the Future with Us!

SolarEdge (NASDAQ: SEDG) is a global leader in high-performance smart energy technology with over 4000 employees offices in 34 countries and millions of products installed in more than 133 countries. Our diverse product offering includes intelligent solar inverters battery storage backup systems EV charging and complete home energy management ecosystems. With world-class engineering and a relentless focus on innovation we are creating a world where clean green energy from the sun powers our homes businesses and communities.

We are seeking a Platform Engineering Lead to drive the evolution of our internal platform ensuring scalability reliability security and an outstanding developer experience. This is a hands-on leadership role that will influence the entire Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) shape infrastructure and automation strategies and mentor a high-performing team working across DevOps DevSecOps SRE and developer enablement.

As a senior technical leader youll design and implement cloud-native systems promote DevSecOps practices and champion continuous improvement in how we build test ship and operate software.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and scale a cross-functional team of platform engineers DevOps and DevSecOps professionals fostering technical excellence and personal growth.
• Design and optimize cloud infrastructure (AWS OCI) using modern IaC tools like Terraform Pulumi Helm and ArgoCD to support highly available secure and cost-efficient systems.
• Streamline CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Gitlab and integrate automated testing SAST/SCA and policy controls to enable safe fast delivery.
• Own the SDLC platform experience implementing internal developer portals GitOps workflows and self-service infrastructure to boost developer productivity.
• Drive observability and resilience introducing best practices in monitoring alerting chaos testing and incident response.
• Collaborate with security and compliance teams to ensure infrastructure and SDLC meet high standards.
• Engage with R&D leaders to deeply understand product needs align platform initiatives with business goals and reduce time-to-value.

Requirements:

• 8 years of experience in DevOps SRE or Platform Engineering roles with at least 3 years in a leadership position.
• Proven track record in building and operating large-scale cloud infrastructure (AWS/OCI).
• Experience leading developer platform or DevEx initiatives: developer onboarding internal tooling portal design feedback loops.
• Deep familiarity with CI/CD automation GitOps security scanning tools and release strategies (blue-green canary etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives mentor engineers and define platform engineering strategy.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform Pulumi) scripting (Python Bash Groovy) containerization (Docker Kubernetes) and monitoring stacks (Prometheus ELK etc.).

Bonus Points:

• Experience in developer-first or product-focused platform teams.
• Exposure to GenAI integration in developer workflows or platform automation.
• Background in consulting coaching or driving adoption of platform strategies in complex R&D environments.
• Passion for left-shifting quality and security into the development pipeline.