Lead Platform Engineer - Boston, MA

$200000 - $240000

Job Description

An established technology-driven organization is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to help shape and scale the infrastructure powering critical business applications. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to lead platform engineering initiatives, improve developer experience, and drive cloud modernization efforts across a growing engineering organization.

As a technical leader, you will be responsible for designing and evolving cloud infrastructure, automation frameworks, and platform services that enable engineering teams to build and deploy applications efficiently and securely. You'll collaborate closely with software engineering, security, architecture, and operations teams to establish best practices and deliver highly resilient systems at scale.

This position is ideal for an experienced engineer who enjoys a hands-on leadership role and is passionate about cloud platforms, automation, reliability, and building internal tools that improve engineering productivity. Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering
• 3+ years of experience leading technical initiatives or engineering teams
• Strong experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Expertise with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and containerization technologies
• Proficiency with scripting and automation using Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages
• Experience implementing monitoring, observability, and reliability best practices
• Strong understanding of networking, security, and distributed systems concepts
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience leading cloud migration and modernization efforts
• Knowledge of GitOps practices and tools such as ArgoCD or Flux
• Experience supporting multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies and platform security tooling
• Experience mentoring engineers and developing technical roadmaps
• AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, or cloud-related certifications
• Experience working within highly regulated or enterprise-scale environments

What You Will Be Doing Daily Responsibilities

• 70% Hands On
• Architect and enhance cloud-native platform capabilities
• Build automation solutions that streamline infrastructure provisioning and application deployment
• Lead Kubernetes platform strategy, governance, and operational excellence initiatives
• Improve developer experience through self-service tooling and platform enhancements
• Partner with security teams to implement scalable security controls and compliance standards
• Establish reliability, observability, and incident response best practices
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across multiple projects
• Drive infrastructure scalability, performance, and cost optimization efforts
• Evaluate emerging technologies and guide platform engineering strategy

The Offer

• Base Salary: $200,000 - $240,000 per year
• Annual performance bonus
• Equity or long-term incentive eligibility
• Hybrid work schedule (2-3 days onsite) in Boston, MA

You will receive the following benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development and certification reimbursement
• Life and disability insurance

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.