Lead Platform Engineer

Lead Platform Engineer

Location Options: Des Moines IA Dallas TX Phoenix AZ Charlotte NC

Hybrid

Overview

• Person has to be technically strong a hands-on developer
• Hands on development 70% of the time 30% design and architecture facilitating and coordinating conversations among teams etc
• 80% Backend Dev/20% front end.
• Requirements: Full Stack Java Dev. exp OCP AI/Gen AI Agentic Solutions

Required Qualifications

• 5 years of Software Engineering experience or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following:
• work experience training military experience or education.
• 5 Hands on experience with modern engineering stacks:
• Java Spring Boot React Microservices GitHub Actions Kafka MongoDB Observability tooling
• 5 Strong understanding of cloud native architectures and CI/CD best practices.
• 5 Experience applying Domain Driven Design (DDD) concepts.
• 5 Hands on experience with automated testing and engineering quality practices.
• 5 Strong debugging diagnostics and performance tuning abilities.
• 5 Ability to solve complex problems using structured thinking and analysis

Technical Analysis & Problem Solving

• Analyze requirements for developer enablement frameworks tools and platform capabilities.
• Evaluate existing systems and constraints to recommend clear actionable solutions.
• Use strong analytical and diagnostic skills to guide technical decisions within the team.

Solution & Feature Design

• Contribute to the design and prototyping of platform features and reusable capabilities.
• Build proof of concepts and assess technical feasibility and risks early in the development cycle.
• Ensure alignment with established architectural standards and modern design patterns.

Engineering Execution & Delivery

• Break down complex engineering work into iterations that drive measurable value.
• Deliver high quality production ready code and components.
• Design solutions that are resilient scalable high performing and reliable.
• Identify and mitigate delivery risks before they impact timelines or quality.
• Able to operate with autonomy while recognizing when to escalate broader architectural decisions.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced large scale enterprise environment.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with product owners to refine scope acceptance criteria and definitions of done.
• Work closely with Principal Engineers to apply and enhance common patterns.
• Participate in demos feedback loops and adoption support activities.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to engineering peers across multiple workstreams.
• Strong communication and partnering skills across engineering and product teams.