Platform Engineering Lead (AWS, Dev Experience)

dtn; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

DTN is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the platform team responsible for building the foundational capabilities of our Operational Decisioning Platform (ODP). You will guide architecture, deliver APIs, SDKs, CLIs, and developer tooling, and steward secure, scalable systems.

The role blends people management with technical leadership, working with Architecture, Product, and platform consumers to ensure reusable capabilities and reliable delivery across multiple products.

Qualifications

• Experience leading platform engineering teams.
• Experience with distributed cloud-based platforms.
• Strong leadership and coaching abilities.
• Hands-on contribution to architecture decisions.
• Proven track record delivering secure, reliable platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of platform engineers across multiple experience levels.
• Hire, onboard, manage performance, and drive day-to-day delivery.
• Coach and grow engineers while building a collaborative, high-accountability culture.
• Set high standards for engineering quality, execution, and operational discipline.
• Engage in architectural discussions and evaluate designs.
• Guide platform direction with senior engineers and architecture stakeholders.
• Oversee development of APIs, SDKs, CLIs, tooling, and managed services.
• Ensure platform scalability, security, maintainability, and reuse.
• Build a developer experience that encourages adoption and contribution.
• Partner with Product to deliver milestones like a developer portal and docs.
• Incorporate stakeholder feedback into priorities and roadmap.

Skills

People management

Platform engineering

Distributed systems

AWS architecture

API design

DevOps

Technical leadership

Architectural review

Root cause analysis

Mentoring

Cross-functional

Tools

APIs

CLI tooling

SDKs

DevOps tooling

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

DTN is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the platform team responsible for building the foundational capabilities of our Operational Decisioning Platform (ODP). You will guide architecture, deliver APIs, SDKs, CLIs, and developer tooling, and steward secure, scalable systems.

The role blends people management with technical leadership, working with Architecture, Product, and platform consumers to ensure reusable capabilities and reliable delivery across multiple products.