Principal Platform Engineer - Cloud, AI & Automation

Alkermes; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Alkermes seeks a Principal Engineer to define and build foundational platforms, automation, and practices enabling secure, scalable delivery of modern applications, analytics, and AI solutions.

The role leads engineering foundations supporting enterprise AI initiatives, including model lifecycle, observability, governance, and secure deployment, reporting to the Senior Director and following a hybrid schedule in Waltham, MA with three days onsite.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent in practical experience.
• 10+ years of experience across software engineering, platform engineering, cloud engineering, or DevOps.
• 5+ years designing and operating enterprise cloud platforms, preferably on AWS.
• Strong hands‑on experience with automated build and release pipelines, infrastructure managed as code, cloud security, and monitoring.
• Experience leading complex technical initiatives and influencing teams without direct authority.
• Experience supporting artificial intelligence, data, or analytics platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in an Agile environment, including iterative planning, cross‑functional collaboration, and continuous delivery.
• Strong communication skills with technical and nontechnical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the enterprise platform engineering roadmap.
• Build reusable services, self-service capabilities, and standard patterns that help teams deliver solutions faster.
• Build and evolve Internal Developer Platform capabilities, self service engineering services, and standardized developer workflows.
• Automate repetitive work across cloud, data, artificial intelligence, and application delivery.
• Create tools, templates, and workflows that improve architecture intake, risk assessment, and solution reviews.
• Advise the Architecture Review Board on technical feasibility, platform fit, and risk.
• Set practical standards for source control, automated build and release pipelines, testing, and infrastructure managed as code.
• Standardize deployment, configuration, and release processes across teams.
• Improve developer experience through reusable workflows, guardrails, and approved tools.
• Measure platform adoption, delivery speed, quality, and reduction of manual effort.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

IaC

Cloud security

Monitoring

Leadership

Agile

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Docker

GitLab

GitHub

Job description

Alkermes seeks a Principal Engineer to define and build foundational platforms, automation, and practices enabling secure, scalable delivery of modern applications, analytics, and AI solutions.

The role leads engineering foundations supporting enterprise AI initiatives, including model lifecycle, observability, governance, and secure deployment, reporting to the Senior Director and following a hybrid schedule in Waltham, MA with three days onsite.