Platform Engineering & Automation Leader

Motion Recruitment; Waltham (MA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Benefits

Vision Benefits

PTO

401(k)

Equity Participation Program

Hybrid Work Environment

Job summary

Motion Recruitment in Waltham, MA is seeking a Platform Engineering & Automation Manager to lead a newly formed team focused on developer productivity, deployment automation, internal platform services, and engineering enablement.

The ideal leader has a backend foundation, experience building scalable platforms, and a track record of driving efficiency across the software delivery lifecycle in a cloud-native environment. This hybrid role offers significant influence on strategy and tooling.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 2+ years of engineering management or technical leadership experience.
• Strong hands-on background in backend software engineering.
• Experience working within cloud-native environments.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized applications.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code tools and practices.
• Experience leading technical initiatives from planning through production.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience improving engineering processes, automation, or developer productivity.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a Platform Engineering & Automation team.
• Drive improvements across the software development lifecycle.
• Develop internal platforms, tools, and services that improve developer efficiency.
• Improve deployment automation, release processes, and operational reliability.
• Partner with engineering teams to identify friction points and eliminate bottlenecks.
• Establish standards around CI/CD, observability, testing, and infrastructure automation.
• Evaluate and implement AI-powered engineering tools where appropriate.
• Lead major platform initiatives from design through production rollout.
• Mentor engineers and support their technical and professional growth.
• Contribute to long-term engineering platform strategy.

Skills

Backend engineering

Engineering leadership

Cloud-native environments

CI/CD pipelines

Observability

AI-powered tooling

Platform engineering

Developer productivity

Stakeholder management

Automation

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Motion Recruitment in Waltham, MA is seeking a Platform Engineering & Automation Manager to lead a newly formed team focused on developer productivity, deployment automation, internal platform services, and engineering enablement.

The ideal leader has a backend foundation, experience building scalable platforms, and a track record of driving efficiency across the software delivery lifecycle in a cloud-native environment. This hybrid role offers significant influence on strategy and tooling.