Platform Engineering Manager

Cheil USA; Plano (TX); Híbrido; USD 140.000 - 200.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Cheil USA is seeking a player-coach to lead the Platform Engineering Team in Plano, TX. The role blends leadership with hands-on contributions to the codebase, focusing on reliability, performance, and scalability of core web services and data layers.

You'll mentor engineers, set standards, and plan capacity for growing user bases while working in a hybrid model requiring in-office presence on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Plano.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience with 2+ years in people management.
• Deep experience with a modern web stack (TypeScript/Node or Python) and databases.
• Experience scaling systems through growth in traffic and data.

Responsabilidades

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of backend and full-stack engineers.
• Stay hands-on with architecture, code review, and critical-path development.
• Own reliability, performance, and scalability of core web services and data layer.
• Establish engineering standards, on-call practices, and healthy delivery cadence.
• Plan capacity and architecture for systems with larger user bases.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Team management

Architecture

Code review

Systems scaling

Incident management

Cloud infrastructure

Observability

Security

Prioritization

Educación

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE

Herramientas

TypeScript/Node

Python

SQL/NoSQL databases

REST

GraphQL

Cloud platforms

Descripción del empleo

Location: Plano, Texas

Work Model: Full-time, hybrid 2 days minimum in-office, balance of days optional remote

Reports to: Director of Technology

About Us

We are Built to Connect.

At Cheil Worldwide, we create connected experiences that move people with work that’s bold enough to stand out, clear enough to be understood, and enduring enough to be remembered. Born from technology and built from one of the world’s largest tech ecosystems, we move with innovation, not after it.

Today, brands exist in a constant stream of interactions, where every moment is an opportunity to connect…or be ignored. That’s why we design connected experiences across online, offline and emerging touchpoints, blending data, insights, creativity, and technology to build what’s next, not just respond to what’s now.

Cheil USA serves as the lead agency for Samsung. And while Samsung remains a key partner, our work extends across a growing portfolio of globally recognized brands. Powered by a team of 200+ creative problem-solvers, we thrive on pushing boundaries and redefining how brands engage with people.

The opportunity

Cheil USA is hiring a player-coach to lead our platform engineering team, which owns our core web stack and the systems that need to scale as our user base grows. You'll split your time between leading the team and contributing directly to the codebase.

What You'll Do

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of backend and full-stack engineers
• Stay hands-on with architecture, code review, and critical-path development
• Own the reliability, performance, and scalability of our core web services and data layer
• Establish engineering standards, on-call practices, and a healthy delivery cadence
• Plan capacity and architecture for systems supporting significantly larger user bases

What We're Looking For

• 7+ years of software engineering with 2+ years managing engineers
• Deep experience with a modern web stack (e.g. TypeScript/Node or Python, relational and NoSQL databases, REST/GraphQL APIs, cloud infrastructure)
• Experience scaling systems through meaningful growth in traffic and data
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, observability, and security
• A calm, structured approach to prioritization and incident management
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience in agency, marketing technology, e-commerce, or consumer-facing web environments a plus
• Able to work in a hybrid office environment at the Plano, Texas location: Tuesdays and Thursdays in office with Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays remote optional