Lead Platform Engineer – Boston, MA

Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC; Boston (MA); Híbrido; USD 200.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Annual performance bonus

Equity or long-term incentive

Hybrid work schedule (2-3 days onsite)

Medical Insurance

Dental Benefits

Vision Benefits

PTO

401(k) with company match

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development and cert. Re-

Life and disability insurance

Descripción de la vacante

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to shape and scale the cloud infrastructure powering critical business applications. This hybrid role enables hands-on leadership to drive modernization, reliability, and developer productivity across a growing engineering organization.

You will design IaC, CI/CD, and platform services, collaborating with software, security, architecture, and operations teams to deliver secure, scalable systems at scale.

Formación

• 8+ years in Platform/Infra Eng or related field.
• 3+ years leading initiatives or teams.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GC).
• IaC tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• CI/CD pipelines experience.
• Kubernetes and containerization knowledge.
• Scripting in Python/Bash/Go.
• Observability and reliability practices.
• Networking and security fundamentals.
• BS in CS/Engineering or related.

Responsabilidades

• Architect and enhance cloud-native platform capabilities.
• Build automation for provisioning and deployment.
• Lead Kubernetes platform strategy, governance, and operational excellence.
• Improve developer experience with self-service tooling.
• Partner with security to implement scalable controls.
• Establish reliability, observability, and incident response practices.
• Mentor engineers across multiple projects.
• Drive infrastructure scalability and cost optimization.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and guide platform strategy.

Conocimientos

Cloud platforms

Platform engineering

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Python/Bash/Go

Networking & security

Leadership

Educación

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Herramientas

Terraform

CloudFormation

ArgoCD

Flux

Kubernetes

Git

Descripción del empleo

Job Description An established technology-driven organization is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to help shape and scale the infrastructure powering critical business applications. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to lead platform engineering initiatives, improve developer experience, and drive cloud modernization efforts across a growing engineering organization.

As a technical leader, you will be responsible for designing and evolving cloud infrastructure, automation frameworks, and platform services that enable engineering teams to build and deploy applications efficiently and securely. You’ll collaborate closely with software engineering, security, architecture, and operations teams to establish best practices and deliver highly resilient systems at scale.

This position is ideal for an experienced engineer who enjoys a hands-on leadership role and is passionate about cloud platforms, automation, reliability, and building internal tools that improve engineering productivity.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering
• 3+ years of experience leading technical initiatives or engineering teams
• Strong experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Expertise with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and containerization technologies
• Proficiency with scripting and automation using Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages
• Experience implementing monitoring, observability, and reliability best practices
• Strong understanding of networking, security, and distributed systems concepts
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience leading cloud migration and modernization efforts
• Knowledge of GitOps practices and tools such as ArgoCD or Flux
• Experience supporting multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies and platform security tooling
• Experience mentoring engineers and developing technical roadmaps
• AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, or cloud-related certifications
• Experience working within highly regulated or enterprise-scale environments

What You Will Be Doing

Daily Responsibilities

• 70% Hands On
• Architect and enhance cloud-native platform capabilities
• Build automation solutions that streamline infrastructure provisioning and application deployment
• Lead Kubernetes platform strategy, governance, and operational excellence initiatives
• Improve developer experience through self-service tooling and platform enhancements
• Partner with security teams to implement scalable security controls and compliance standards
• Establish reliability, observability, and incident response best practices
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across multiple projects
• Drive infrastructure scalability, performance, and cost optimization efforts
• Evaluate emerging technologies and guide platform engineering strategy

The Offer

• Base Salary: $200,000 – $240,000 per year
• Annual performance bonus
• Equity or long-term incentive eligibility
• Hybrid work schedule (2-3 days onsite) in Boston, MA

You will receive the following benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development and certification reimbursementLife and disability insurance
  Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.