Platform Engineering Manager: Scalable Backend Systems

Thomson Reuters

Eagan (MN)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 170,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Thomson Reuters is seeking an Engineering Manager for our Platform Engineering team. You will lead a group of platform engineers responsible for backend services powering AI agent workflows, CI/CD infrastructure, and internal tooling.

You will stay hands-on enough to guide architecture while driving team priorities and growth. You will shape technical strategy, drive design of scalable microservices, manage cloud infrastructure with IaC, and promote operational excellence across telemetry,

Qualifications

6+ years of professional software engineering experience including leadership or people-management.
Strong Python and backend experience with distributed systems and cloud-native development.
Experience with relational databases and caching/messaging systems (PostgreSQL, Redis).
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS), CI/CD, and release engineering.

Responsibilities

Own people-management for a team of platform engineers, including hiring and performance reviews.
Set team strategy and roadmap in partnership with engineering leadership.
Design and deliver backend/platform services powering AI agent workflows.
Evolve CI/CD and progressive-delivery infrastructure for safe, continuous shipping.
Manage cloud infrastructure via Infrastructure-as-Code and capacity planning.
Advise on scalable, reliable backend architecture across microservices.