Hands-On Platform Engineering Lead

Lendbuzz; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Lendbuzz in Boston is seeking a hands-on Platform Engineer & Tech Lead to guide a team of engineers while remaining deeply involved in development. You will collaborate with multiple teams to solve pains, drive architectural standards, and deliver high-impact technical initiatives in a hybrid setup.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of software experience, strong backend skills in Typescript/Python/Go/Rust/C#, and practical Kubernetes expertise.

Qualifications

• Computer Science degree from a leading university.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• 2+ years of experience developing on Kubernetes using HELM/Kustomize/Crossplane/CDK/Other.
• Strong backend development skills in modern languages listed above.
• Proficiency with Claude/Codex for writing prompts and features.

Responsibilities

• Approximately 50% hands-on development.
• Collaborate with managers and champions from various teams to prioritize tasks.
• Lead a team of engineers, align vision with management, teach leadership, and mentor.
• Build decentralized ecosystems easy to contribute to with Backstage, CLI tools, and templates.
• Drive high-impact multi-team technical initiatives from ideation to delivery.
• Lead Kubernetes initiatives and manage research of cloud-native technologies.

Skills

Typescript

Python (Asyncio)

Go

Rust

C#

Kotlin

Platform Engineering

Education

Computer Science degree from a leading university

Tools

Kubernetes (K8s)

HELM

Kustomize

Crossplane

CDK

Job description

Lendbuzz in Boston is seeking a hands-on Platform Engineer & Tech Lead to guide a team of engineers while remaining deeply involved in development. You will collaborate with multiple teams to solve pains, drive architectural standards, and deliver high-impact technical initiatives in a hybrid setup.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of software experience, strong backend skills in Typescript/Python/Go/Rust/C#, and practical Kubernetes expertise.