Manager, Platform Engineering
Job Location:
Boston, MA - USA
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Job Summary
Platform Engineering is seeking an experienced engineering manager to lead a team responsible for building and evolving the internal platforms that power software development across the company. This role leads engineers delivering modern build systems developer tooling cloud-native infrastructure automation and AI-enabled engineering capabilities that improve developer productivity platform reliability and software delivery while partnering across the organization to accelerate engineering excellence.
Responsibilities
Technical & Platform Leadership
- Lead the evolution of the companys Platform Engineering capabilities to enable faster more secure and more reliable software delivery.
- Drive modernization of build systems developer tooling CI/CD release automation and Software Factory capabilities.
- Champion cloud-native architectures automation Infrastructure as Code and engineering best practices.
- Evaluate and adopt AI-driven capabilities that improve developer productivity software delivery and engineering workflows.
- Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance while empowering engineers to own implementation details.
People Leadership
- Lead mentor and grow a high-performing team of Platform Engineers.
- Recruit coach and develop engineering talent.
- Foster a collaborative innovative and accountable engineering culture.
Delivery & Execution
- Own delivery of strategic Platform Engineering initiatives.
- Balance platform investments operational priorities and technical debt.
- Identify risks remove blockers and communicate tradeoffs effectively.
- Define and measure platform success through adoption reliability developer productivity automation and software delivery outcomes.
Collaboration
- Build strong partnerships across Development Quality Development Security Technical Services Managed Services and Product teams.
- Translate business objectives into engineering priorities and execution plans.
- Represent Platform Engineering in cross-functional planning and executive discussions.
- Champion Platform Engineering as a strategic partner that enables engineering productivity across the organization.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience in software engineering platform engineering infrastructure engineering or DevOps.
- 2 years of engineering management experience.
- Experience with several of the following: cloud-native platforms Kubernetes CI/CD build systems developer tooling automation and Infrastructure as Code.
- Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives from planning through delivery.
- Excellent communication collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) or developer platforms.
- Experience leading modernization of build systems software factories or enterprise engineering platforms.
- Experience with DevSecOps practices and software supply chain security.
- Experience working with AI-powered engineering tools and agentic coding assistants (e.g. Claude Code GitHub Copilot Tabnine).
- Proven ability to evaluate and adopt emerging AI technologies that improve software delivery platform operations and developer productivity.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate because of race color religion sex national origin ancestry marital status veteran status age disability sexual orientation or gender identity or expression or any other legally protected category. InterSystems is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
InterSystems is providing a current good faith estimate of the anticipated base salary range for this position depending on a variety of factors including experience education skills and performance.
Other compensation may include a discretionary annual variable target incentive.
The company also provides generous employee benefits including:
- Medical vision and dental insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability and life insurance
- 401(k) Profit Sharing Contribution
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- Parental Leave
- Tuition reimbursement
The estimated base compensation range for this role is:
$121000 - $178000 USD
About InterSystems
InterSystems a creative data technology provider delivers a unified foundation for next-generation applications for healthcare finance manufacturing and supply chain customers in more than 80 countries. Our data platforms solve interoperability speed and scalability problems for large organizations around the globe to unlock the power of data and allow people to perceive data in imaginative ways. Established in 1978 InterSystems is committed to excellence through its 247 support for customers and partners around the world. Privately held and headquartered in Boston Massachusetts InterSystems has 38 offices in 28 countries worldwide. For more information please visit.
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InterSystems may use AI tools for its internal operations including administrative tasks during recruitment (e.g. organizing candidate information). InterSystems approach to AI is guided by the InterSystems Responsible AI Guidelines. AI is not used to make or influence hiring decisions. All decisions are made by InterSystems employees.
Candidates may use AI for CV or interview preparation provided materials are truthful and reflect their own experience. AI tools and third-party transcription services must not be used during interviews or assessments.
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Manager
About Company
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