Platform Engineering Manager — Scale & Reliability (Hybrid)

Cheil North America; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheil North America is seeking a Platform Engineering Manager in Plano, TX to lead a backend/full-stack team and contribute to code and architecture. The role focuses on reliability, performance, and scalable data services while maintaining strong engineering discipline.

You will mentor engineers, guide architectural decisions, and drive delivery cadence in a hybrid work setup with in-office days Tue/Thu. A track record in distributed systems and modern web stacks is essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering with 2+ years of people management
• Deep experience with a modern web stack (TypeScript/Node or Python, relational and NoSQL databases, REST/GraphQL, cloud)
• Experience scaling systems with growth in traffic and data
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, observability, and security
• Calm, structured prioritization and incident management
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Software Eng or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience in agency, marketing tech, e-commerce, or consumer web environments a plus
• Able to work in a hybrid office environment at the Plano, Texas location: Tue and Thu in office; others remote optional

Responsibilities

• 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 core web services and data layer
• Establish engineering standards, on-call practices, and a healthy delivery cadence
• Plan capacity and architecture for systems that support larger user bases

Skills

Team leadership

Web stack

Python

REST GraphQL

Cloud infrastructure

Distributed systems

Incident management

Security fundamentals

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Software Eng or related field

Job description

Cheil North America is seeking a Platform Engineering Manager in Plano, TX to lead a backend/full-stack team and contribute to code and architecture. The role focuses on reliability, performance, and scalable data services while maintaining strong engineering discipline.

You will mentor engineers, guide architectural decisions, and drive delivery cadence in a hybrid work setup with in-office days Tue/Thu. A track record in distributed systems and modern web stacks is essential.