Lead Engineer — Developer Platform

Iron Mountain; México; Presencial; MXN 900.000 - 1.300.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive compensation

Health, wellness, and retirement plans

Learning and growth opportunities

Descripción de la vacante

Iron Mountain is seeking an innovative Lead Engineer - Developer Platform to join our Enterprise IT team. You will shape the future of our internal developer experience by architecting a Backstage-based platform and enabling teams to build, deploy, and scale cloud workloads with speed and security.

As a hands-on technical leader, you will drive architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and push for GitOps deployment with modern tooling. Strong cloud and container experience required.

Formación

• 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 initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of Python, Go, or TypeScript/Node.js.
• Expert Kubernetes with AWS/Azure/GCP and public cloud infra experience.
• Hands-on REST APIs, GitOps tooling (ArgoCD), and security tooling with Akeyless or Vault.

Responsabilidades

• Architect the Internal Developer Platform and Kubernetes ecosystems.
• Contribute directly to the platform codebase (50%+ hands-on) using Python, Go, or TS.
• Explore and integrate Generative AI capabilities to boost productivity.
• Partner with Product Owners to create Golden Path templates.
• Mentor team through architectural deep-dives and code reviews.

Conocimientos

leadership

cloud platforms

REST APIs

GitOps

AI integration

Backstage platform

Python/Go/TypeScript

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure/GCP

Educación

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related

Herramientas

ArgoCD

HashiCorp Vault / Akeyless

Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE)

Backstage

Descripción del empleo

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.

Ready to architect the next generation of our platform? Apply today and join us in building what's next.