Lead Engineer — Developer Platform

Iron Mountain Incorporated; Yumbo; On-site; COP 120,000,000 - 240,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness program

Professional development

Job summary

Iron Mountain Incorporated is seeking a Lead Engineer - Developer Platform to shape our internal developer experience by building and evolving a Backstage-based platform. You will bridge strategic direction with hands-on coding to enable scalable, secure cloud workloads.

You will lead architecture for IDP and Kubernetes, contribute code (Python/Go/TS), explore Generative AI for automation, and mentor teams in GitOps practices to improve deployment reliability and velocity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Advanced English skills.
• 7+ years in a technical role, with 2–4 years as a technical lead on complex engineering initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of Python, Go, or TypeScript/Node.js.
• Expert-level proficiency with Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE) and public cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Hands-on experience building REST APIs, integrating GitOps tooling (e.g., ArgoCD), and automating security controls with Akeyless or HashiCorp Vault.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical architecture of our Internal Developer Platform (IDP) and Kubernetes ecosystems by authoring Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).
• Contribute directly to the platform codebase (50%+ hands-on) utilizing Python, Go, or TypeScript.
• Explore and integrate Generative AI capabilities to boost developer productivity.
• Partner with Product Owners to create Golden Path templates, reducing cognitive load and simplifying deployment pipelines.
• Mentor and elevate team members through architectural deep-dives, code reviews, and progressive adoption of GitOps deployment models.

Skills

Python

Go

TypeScript/Node.js

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE)

ArgoCD

GitOps

HashiCorp Vault

Akeyless

Job description

MEX | Ciudad de Mexico | Rodolfo Gaona, 86

COL | Malambo | Calle 10, 39-06

COL | Bogotá | Calle 18, 69B, 73

MEX | Puebla | Prolongación de la 27 Nte. No. 2, 1025

COL | Yumbo | Calle 11, 32-47 Bodega 5

MEX | Estado de México | Prol de la Calle, 2000, 7 Mz C Lotes 4 y 5

COL | Bogotá | Av Cra 45, 114, Oficina 503

MEX | Nuevo León | Carretera a Pesquería, 100

MEX | Nuevo León | Miguel Hidalgo

COL | Sabaneta | Carrera 44, 57 Sur 62

COL | Dosquebradas | Carrera 2 Norte, 1-536 Bodega 55

MEX | Jalisco | Privada de las Flores - Condominio, 25

MEX | Sonora | Prolongacion Blvd Colonial, 300

MEX | Nuevo León | Manzana 4 Lote 6 - Ave, y esq Calle El Milagro

COL | Distrito Capital de Bogotá | Autopista Medellin Km 1.5 Vereda (Offices), Vuelta Grande

MEX | Jalisco | Av. Prolongación del Colli, 1104

COL | Floridablanca | KM 3.981 Anillo Vial Rio Frio Urbanizacion Zona Franca

MEX | Estado de México | Carr. Jorobas-Tula, KM 3.5

COL | Bogotá | Av Cra 45

Full time

J0106686

At Iron Mountain we know that work, when done well, makes a positive impact for our customers, our employees, and our planet. That’s why we need smart, committed people to join us. Whether you’re looking to start your career or make a change, talk to us and see how you can elevate the power of your work at Iron Mountain.

We provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways.

Are you curious about being part of our growth story while evolving your skills in a culture that will welcome your unique contributions? If so, let's start the conversation.

Iron Mountain is seeking an innovative Lead Engineer - Developer Platform to join our Enterprise Information Technology team.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of our internal developer experience by architecting and evolving our Backstage-based developer platform. As a hands‑on technical leader, your expertise will directly empower our engineering teams to build, deploy, and scale modern cloud workloads with speed, security, and autonomy. You will bridge strategic platform direction with daily coding, driving engineering excellence across our modern technology stack.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the technical architecture of our Internal Developer Platform (IDP) and Kubernetes ecosystems by authoring Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).
• Contribute directly to the platform codebase (50%+ hands‑on) utilizing Python, Go, or TypeScript.
• Explore and integrate Generative AI capabilities, such as automated troubleshooting agents and LLM‑driven coding guardrails, to boost developer productivity.
• Partner with Product Owners to create Golden Path templates, reducing cognitive load and simplifying deployment pipelines.
• Mentor and elevate team members through architectural deep‑dives, code reviews, and progressive adoption of GitOps deployment models.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Advanced English skills.
• 7+ years of experience in a technical role, with at least 2–4 years acting as a technical lead on complex engineering initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of Python, Go, or TypeScript/Node.js.
• Expert‑level proficiency with Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE) and public cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Hands‑on experience building REST APIs, integrating GitOps tooling (e.g., ArgoCD), and automating security controls with Akeyless or HashiCorp Vault.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation and benefits aligned with experience.
• Comprehensive health, wellness, and retirement plans.
• Opportunities for continuous learning and professional growth.

Category: Information Technology

Iron Mountain is a global leader in storage and information management services trusted by more than 225,000 organizations in 60 countries. We safeguard billions of our customers’ assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and invaluable cultural and historic artifacts. Take a look at our history here.

Iron Mountain helps lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable digital and sustainable solutions, whether in information management, digital transformation, secure storage and destruction, data center operations, cloud services, or art storage and logistics. Please see our Values and Code of Ethics for a look at our principles and aspirations in elevating the power of our work together.

If you have a physical or mental disability that requires special accommodations, please let us know by sending an email to [e-mail]. See the Supplement to learn more about Equal Employment Opportunity.

Iron Mountain is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. We recruit and hire applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other factor prohibited by law.

To view the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law posters and the supplement, as well as the Pay Transparency Policy Statement, CLICK HERE
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