Platform Engineer Lead – AI-Driven Backend & Cloud (Hybrid)

Motion Recruitment; Waltham (MA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k)

Paid Vacation

Company Holidays

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

Motion Recruitment in Waltham, MA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead platform engineering, blending backend development with infra modernization. The role emphasizes Java/Kotlin and building scalable internal developer platforms.

You will drive AI-powered tooling adoption, influence technical direction across teams, and improve reliability and developer productivity in a hybrid, on-site focused environment in Waltham. Expect high-impact collaboration and architecture leadership.

Qualifications

• Strong experience developing production backend systems using Java and/or Kotlin.
• Experience building internal developer platforms or engineering infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with public cloud environments and cloud-native architecture patterns.
• Expertise in software delivery automation, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling.
• Experience designing scalable distributed systems with a focus on reliability and operational efficiency.
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation, platform services, and engineering enablement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with development teams to improve platform capabilities and engineering workflows.
• Build and maintain platform services, internal tooling, and backend infrastructure components.
• Promote and implement AI-assisted engineering practices across the development lifecycle.
• Enhance cloud architecture, automation, performance, and scalability initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership, platform governance, and architectural direction.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Backend development

Distributed systems

Tools

Public cloud

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as code

AI tooling

Job description

Motion Recruitment in Waltham, MA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead platform engineering, blending backend development with infra modernization. The role emphasizes Java/Kotlin and building scalable internal developer platforms.

You will drive AI-powered tooling adoption, influence technical direction across teams, and improve reliability and developer productivity in a hybrid, on-site focused environment in Waltham. Expect high-impact collaboration and architecture leadership.