Platform Engineering Lead

0801 The Coca-Cola Company; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Annual incentive program

Job summary

The Coca-Cola Company is seeking a Platform Engineering Lead to own end‑to‑end delivery of a transformative MarTech/AdTech platform or component within CDS or GAM. You will stay deeply technical while guiding a 6–10 person team, across in‑house and vendor talent, and drive AI-enabled engineering practices with strong security and quality controls.

Reporting to the Director, MarTech Product Development, you will translate architecture and product strategy into executable plans, define milestones,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with delivery leadership.
• Expert-level JavaScript/TypeScript; strong Rust preferred for performance.
• Deep architecture with event-driven, API-first, distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of a MarTech/AdTech platform or component while remaining hands-on.
• Manage and grow an engineering team of 6–10 engineers across in-house and vendor talent.
• Translate architecture and product strategy into executable plans with milestones.
• Establish engineering standards and AI guardrails for secure, maintainable code.
• Champion developer velocity with AI-assisted development and CI/CD improvements.
• Improve observability, incident response, and reliability (SRE/SLOs).
• Apply modern data and AI patterns, including vector search and RAG for personalization.
• Identify bottlenecks and lead cross-functional improvements across the platform.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Security for scope and dependencies.
• Model engineering leadership with clear communication and customer focus.

Skills

Agile Methodology

Business Requirements

Communication

Computer Programming

Configuring (Inactive)

Data Analysis

Financial Processing

Information Systems

Software Development

SQL

Systems Analysis

SDLC

Teamwork

Test Environments

Troubleshooting

Waterfall Model

Workflow Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science or related field

Job description

Job Description Summary

Being at the forefront of innovation is exciting and leading transformation in a large global organization is a role that many people aspire to. If this is you, we have a transformational role in our newly developed platform services organization. Platform Engineering Lead is a hands‑on engineering leader responsible for end‑to‑end delivery of a MarTech platform or major component within a larger product line such as Coca‑Cola Consumer Data Platform (CDS) or global CIAM solution Global Access Management (GAM). Reporting to the Director, MarTech Product Development, this leader stays deeply technical, writing critical code in core services, frameworks and complex integrations during high‑risk or high‑visibility delivery moments, while leading a focused engineering team. The role brings AI‑native practices into how the team builds, secures and operates the platform, and treats developer velocity and production reliability.

What You’ll Do for Us

• Lead end to end delivery of a high-impact MarTech / AdTech platform or component (for example, a service within CDS or GAM) while remaining deeply hands on, writing critical code in core services, frameworks and complex integrations during high-risk or high-visibility moments.
• Manage and grow a focused engineering team of 6 to 10 engineers across in house and strategic vendor talent, coaching for craftsmanship, accountability and continuous learning.
• Translate architecture and product strategy into executable engineering plans: define milestones, sequence dependencies, manage technical risk, and ensure predictable delivery across globally distributed teams.
• Establish and enforce engineering standards and AI repository guardrails, ensuring AI-generated code is secure, maintainable, pattern-compliant, and resilient against prompt injection, unsafe dependency usage and accidental data exposure.
• Champion developer velocity as a strategic advantage: drive agentic and AI-assisted development, automation, reusable templates, streamlined CI/CD, and paved-road tooling that cut friction and cycle time.
• Drive production excellence across global services: improve observability maturity, incident-response readiness, root-cause-analysis discipline, and reliability practices (SRE/SLOs) that prevent repeat incidents.
• Apply modern data and AI patterns where they add value, including vector search and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for personalization, search and grounded AI features, plus AI cost discipline such as token-overhead management and semantic caching.
• Identify systemic bottlenecks in performance, reliability, cost and developer experience, and lead improvements that compound over time across the platform.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, Security and cross functional stakeholders to align scope, sequencing and tradeoffs, maintaining high visibility on progress, risks and dependencies.
• Serve as a role model for engineering leadership: clear technical communication, strong decision-making, calm execution under pressure, and a consistent focus on customer and business outcomes.

Qualifications & Requirements

5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a proven track record leading technical delivery for high-traffic, production-grade systems, including 2+ years leading or managing engineers. A builder at heart who stays close to the code. Expert-level JavaScript / TypeScript, plus strong production experience with systems-level languages (Rust strongly preferred) to optimize performance and reduce runtime overhead. Deep architecture expertise: event-driven architectures, API-first patterns, distributed‑systems reliability, and modern data platforms (SQL / NoSQL; vector search exposure preferred). Strong DevOps & Infrastructure-as-Code mastery (Terraform / CDK), including release engineering, environment governance, CI/CD, and operational best practices. AI-enabled engineering (preferred): demonstrated ability to scale engineering productivity through automation and AI-assisted / agentic workflows while maintaining strict security and quality boundaries, including AI repository guardrails and RAG / vector-search patterns. Team leadership: experience leading globally distributed teams, including a mix of in house and vendor talent, aligning them around standards, execution plans and delivery outcomes. Communication: strong written and verbal communication, able to align stakeholders and explain technical tradeoffs to product, security and business partners. Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science or related field required. Equivalent combination of relevant education, training and demonstrated experience also considered.

Skills

• Agile Methodology
• Business Requirements
• Communication
• Computer Programming
• Configuring (Inactive)
• Data Analysis
• Financial Processing
• Information Systems
• Software Development
• Structured Query Language (SQL)
• Systems Analysis
• Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Teamwork
• Test Environments
• Troubleshooting
• Waterfall Model
• Workflow Management

Pay Range

United States: 124,600 - 148,200 USD Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits and Incentives

• A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.
• Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage: 15 Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role.

Location(s) and Travel Requirements

United States of America City/Cities: Atlanta Travel Required: 00% - 25% Relocation Provided: No Job Posting End Date: November 9, 2026

Our Purpose and Growth Culture

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca‑Cola.

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