Platform Tech Lead - AI-Driven Cloud Apps

Nutrien

Calgary

On-site

CAD 110,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Nutrien is seeking a senior Platform Technical Lead within the Enterprise Custom Applications team in Calgary. You will guide design and delivery of production applications, lead sustainment, and drive improvements across on‑prem and cloud platforms.

You will partner with product owners and architects to shape solutions, enforce engineering standards, and ensure scalable, secure, and maintainable systems while embracing AI‑enabled delivery practices.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
7+ years of professional software development experience, including ownership or technical leadership of production applications in a sustainment or platform delivery environment.
Demonstrated ability to operate as a technical lead by guiding engineers, reviewing solution designs, making sound technical decisions, and balancing sustainment priorities with new project and feature delivery.
A growth mindset and willingness to embrace AI-enabled software development practices, including leveraging AI‑DLC tools and workflows to improve engineering productivity, quality, and delivery speed.
Strong hands‑on experience building and supporting full‑stack applications, including backend services using .NET / .NET Core, modern front‑end development using React.js, API design, data persistence, and integration patterns.
Experience supporting cloud‑based solutions on AWS, with an understanding of cloud‑native design, operational reliability, performance scalability, and security best practices.
Strong production support mindset, including experience with incident resolution, troubleshooting, root‑cause analysis, defect management, technical debt reduction, and continuous improvement.
Proficient with Git‑based version control, pull request reviews, CI/CD pipelines, Agile/Scrum delivery, and tools such as Jira.
Ability to collaborate effectively with business partners, product owners, architects, vendors, and distributed engineering teams to translate business needs into secure, maintainable technical solutions.

Responsibilities

Serve as the Platform Technical Lead for assigned custom application platforms, providing technical direction, delivery oversight, and day-to-day leadership for sustainment and enhancement work
Lead sustainment activities across production applications, including incident response, root‑cause analysis, defect resolution, performance optimization, cybersecurity remediation, and platform upgrade readiness
Partner with product owners, business stakeholders, architects, and delivery teams to assess priorities, shape technical solutions, and deliver new projects, features, and minor enhancements
Own technical quality across the platform by reviewing designs, approving pull requests, enforcing engineering standards, and ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and supportable
Coordinate onshore and offshore engineering work, ensuring clear expectations, effective knowledge transfer, and smooth execution across time zones and vendor partners
Champion continuous improvement and AI-enabled delivery practices, including leveraging AI‑DLC tools and workflows to improve productivity, code quality, and delivery speed while maintaining human oversight