Lead Platform Engineer

TEEMA; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to oversee the design and development of an internal platform supporting SaaS product implementations. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software engineering and demonstrate strong leadership abilities, promoting best practices in development and team management. This is an exciting opportunity to enhance operational efficiency and drive continuous improvements in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in software or platform engineering.
• Experience in technical leadership or team lead role.
• Strong proficiency with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of internal platform for SaaS products.
• Manage and mentor platform engineers.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define platform capabilities.

Skills

Software Engineering

Platform Engineering

Cloud Platforms

CICD

Data Engineering

API Development

Job description

Job Title:Lead Platform Engineer
Job ID:81090
Location:Calgary, Alberta / Remote

What you will be doing:
Short Term

• Work with Delivery leaders on capacity and project planning.

• Support with executing against the existing delivery backlog, with the implementation and configuration of SaaS products, following current implementation processes

• Assist with the validation and reconciliation of the data ingested against customer-provided reports

• Work towards the longer term goal of developing an internal platform to support SaaS product implementations and operations

Long Term

• Lead the design, development, and evolution of a scalable internal platform to support SaaS product implementation and operations.

• Manage and mentor a team of platform engineers, fostering a high-performance, inclusive, and collaborative environment.

• Collaborate with data and productengineering, product, and business stakeholders to define platform capabilities and roadmap.

• Ensure platform services are reliable, secure, and optimized for performance and maintainability.

• Abstract infrastructure and data engineering complexity to enable faster delivery by business and analytics teams.

• Champion best practices in software development, CI/CD, observability, and automation within the team.

• Drive continuous improvements in platform usability, documentation, and onboarding for internal users.

• Monitor platform usage and performance, identifying opportunities for optimization or enhancement.

What you must have:

• 5+ years of experience in software or platform engineering, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership or team lead role.

• Experience building internal platforms, developer tools, or data infrastructure in a SaaS or cloud-native environment.

• Strong CICD mindset with experience with at least 1 CICD tool and process (ie: Github Actions etc.)

• Solid understanding of modern data stacks and data engineering principles.

• Strong proficiency with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization, and orchestration (e.g., Docker).

• Ability to develop tools and interfaces such as API and other aspects to bridge business and. Technology.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Passion for creating intuitive, reliable, and developer-friendly systems.

Salary/Rate Range: $120,000.00 – $140,000.00

For more information about TEEMA and to consider other career opportunities, please visit our website atwww.teemagroup.com