Lead Platform Engineer, Internal Developer Experience

Iron Mountain; Región Centro; On-site; MXN 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health & retirement plans

Learning & growth opportunities

Job summary

Iron Mountain is seeking a Lead Engineer - Developer Platform to join our Enterprise Information Technology team. You will shape the future of our internal developer experience by architecting and evolving our Backstage-based platform, mentoring engineers, and driving security-conscious, scalable cloud workloads.

You will work hands-on (50%+), using Python, Go, or TypeScript, and lead design decisions, ADRs, and GitOps deployments with ArgoCD across AWS/Azure/GCP environments.

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 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 the Internal Developer Platform 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

Advanced English

REST APIs

Mentoring

Cloud concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE)

ArgoCD

Python

Go

TypeScript/Node.js

Job description

Iron Mountain is seeking a Lead Engineer - Developer Platform to join our Enterprise Information Technology team. You will shape the future of our internal developer experience by architecting and evolving our Backstage-based platform, mentoring engineers, and driving security-conscious, scalable cloud workloads.

You will work hands-on (50%+), using Python, Go, or TypeScript, and lead design decisions, ADRs, and GitOps deployments with ArgoCD across AWS/Azure/GCP environments.