Platform Architect & Lead Engineer, Developer Experience

Iron Mountain; Mexico; On-site; MXN 1,000,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health, wellness, and retirement plans

Learning and growth opportunities

Job summary

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.

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 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

leadership

cloud platforms

REST APIs

GitOps

AI integration

Backstage platform

Python/Go/TypeScript

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure/GCP

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related

Tools

ArgoCD

HashiCorp Vault / Akeyless

Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE)

Job description

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.