Platform Engineer Lead

Sourcemap; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Sourcemap is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain their platform with a focus on performance and security. This fully remote position will involve mentoring junior staff and leveraging cloud technologies, CI/CD and automation practices to enhance system reliability. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in cloud infrastructure, containerization, and security-focused design, along with a passion for leading innovative developments in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Paid time off

100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage

401k

Extended End-of-Year break

Summer Fridays

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Cloud Infrastructure/Azure experience.
• 5+ years of Linux/Unix experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable and secure solutions.
• Manage cloud infrastructure using IaC with Terraform.
• Mentor junior team members and advocate for best practices.

Skills

Cloud Infrastructure

Linux/Unix

Containerization

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Docker

Networking

Scripting/Development

Monitoring

Security-minded Infrastructure

Job description

Title: Platform Engineer Lead

Reports to: Engineering Manager

About the Company:

Sourcemap is the leading provider of supply chain mapping, traceability, and transparency software. Our clients include category-leading global brands, manufacturers and suppliers across the food & agriculture, fashion, beauty, manufacturing and electronics industries. We seek committed individuals who will join our team to support our award-winning, values-led work and to tackle important supply chain challenges in a dynamic startup environment.

Job Summary:

Sourcemap is seeking an experienced Lead Platform/DevOps Engineer to join our growing development team. In this pivotal, hands-on role, you will be instrumental in designing, building, and deploying new features to our platform, with a steadfast focus on ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and scalability. You will leverage your expertise in cloud infrastructure, security, containerization, IaC, and CI/CD to automate and enhance our systems. Beyond technical contributions, you will participate in developing and mentoring junior team members by sharing best practices and past experiences to support their growth.

This is a US-based, fully remote position, with availability to work within the EST time zone.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work closely with software engineers and product managers to design and implement high performance, available and scalable solutions based on business requirements
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Github Actions) to automate software builds
• Develop and maintain GitOps workflows (ArgoCD) to deploy software declaratively
• Deploy and manage cloud infrastructure via IaC (Terraform)
• Manage and maintain Kubernetes and VMs
• Develop and maintain logging and monitoring strategies (Datadog)
• Advocate for and build with a strong focus on security
• Provide on-call support to ensure end users continue to have the best experience
• Mentor junior team members, providing technical guidance and support
• Educate team members on working with key tools/platforms/concepts such as Azure, GitOps, IaC, Docker

Experience Requirements and Skills:

Required

• 5+ years of Cloud Infrastructure/Azure experience
• 5+ years of Linux/Unix experience
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Kubernetes and Docker, infrastructure as code (IaC) with Terraform, and continuous delivery with ArgoCD and GitOps.
• Proficiency in setting up CI/CD pipelines, particularly using GitHub Actions.
• 3+ years of networking experience
• 3+ years of scripting/development experience
• 2+ years of monitoring and logging experience, with familiarity using tools like Datadog
• Demonstrated commitment to security-minded and scalable infrastructure design
• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation
• Experience with mentoring junior team members

• Experience working in a dynamic, fast-growing organization. (Preferred)
• Knowledge of Databricks (Preferred)
• Background in SaaS or product-focused engineering (Preferred)

Sourcemap offers a competitive compensation package based on job-related factors such as business needs, experience, level of responsibility, and qualifications. For this role, the base salary range is $140-$170. Sourcemap offers a benefit package, including but not limited to paid time off, paid holidays (including an extended End-of-Year break and Summer Fridays), 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage, and 401k.

Sourcemap provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.