Lead Platform Engineer — DevX & Cloud Automation

American Family Insurance; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) contribution

Annual incentive

23 days accrued paid time off

Student loan repayment program

Paid family leave

Job summary

American Family Insurance is looking for a Platform Engineer to design and operate cloud capabilities. You will develop efficient Kubernetes and Infrastructure-as-Code foundations while driving best practices across teams.

The ideal candidate has extensive cloud experience (AWS, GCP) and strong skills in building CI/CD pipelines and Streamlining workflows. This position emphasizes automation, observability, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in designing, implementing, and managing an internal developer portal.
• Extensive experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP).
• Solid experience with CI/CD principles and pipelines.
• A solid understanding of SRE principles, including Service Level Objectives (SLOs).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate cloud platform and DevOps capabilities.
• Enable reliable, secure, and scalable delivery.
• Develop Kubernetes and Infrastructure-as-Code foundations.
• Drive automation, observability, and operational best practices.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Terraform

Python

GitLab CI/CD

Docker

TypeScript

Job description

American Family Insurance is looking for a Platform Engineer to design and operate cloud capabilities. You will develop efficient Kubernetes and Infrastructure-as-Code foundations while driving best practices across teams.

The ideal candidate has extensive cloud experience (AWS, GCP) and strong skills in building CI/CD pipelines and Streamlining workflows. This position emphasizes automation, observability, and operational excellence.