Lead Platform Engineer: AI-Powered Backend & Cloud

Talentify; Frisco (TX); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Model

Flex My Way policy

Career Growth & Training

Mental Health Days & Headspace access

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to architect and deliver scalable backend and platform services powering AI agent workflows. You will own cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and IaC, while guiding cross-functional teams to drive reliable, high-performance systems.

The role emphasizes mentorship, strong engineering standards, and collaboration with Product and AI teams, with a hybrid work model and competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience in backend systems

Responsibilities

• Lead design, architecture, and delivery of backend and platform services powering AI agent workflows.
• Own and evolve cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and IaC for safe, continuous deployment.
• Drive cross-functional initiatives with Product, Applied AI, and Infrastructure teams.
• Improve platform reliability, observability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Mentor engineers and influence technical direction across the organization.
• Participate in on-call rotation supporting production systems.

Skills

Python

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

Observability

Leadership

Communication

Tools

Kubernetes (EKS)

PostgreSQL

Redis

Datadog

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform / IaC

Job description

Thomson Reuters is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to architect and deliver scalable backend and platform services powering AI agent workflows. You will own cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and IaC, while guiding cross-functional teams to drive reliable, high-performance systems.

The role emphasizes mentorship, strong engineering standards, and collaboration with Product and AI teams, with a hybrid work model and competitive benefits.