Platform Team Lead (AWS)

We are looking for a technical Platform Team Lead to lead a team of highly energized and professional engineers working on mission-critical systems in the red-hot cybersecurity industry. This position is focused on accelerating developer productivity across the CI/CD lifecycle by building platform-oriented application infrastructures and tooling, leveraging an AI-first approach. 

As part of your role, you will manage individual contributors, collaborate with Product teams, and own the outcomes of your unit. Additionally, you will remain a technical contributor and participate in design, task-planning, and facilitating the professional growth of your engineers.

Responsibilities: 

• Define and execute the roadmap for initiatives focused on accelerating productivity across the CI/CD lifecycle.

• Architect and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure internal tooling via infrastructure as code

• Lead, mentor, and coach engineers, conducting performance reviews and creating a culture of excellence.

• Ensure code quality, delivery timelines, and satisfaction of stakeholders across your work.

• Manage projects from conception to delivery, including requirements gathering, planning work, allocating resources, and meeting stakeholder expectations.

Requirements: 

• 3+ years of hands-on technical experience working as a Software, DevOps, Infrastructure, or ideally Platform developer 

• 1-2 years of demonstrated experience in people management

• Significant development experience with the following: Python, Groovy, Bash 

• Deep knowledge and experience in cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud  

• Experience with Containers and Orchestrators (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, etc.) 

• Experience with CI/CD Tools and IaC languages (e.g. Jenkins, Git, Terraform, etc.) 

• Experience with building the full application release cycle (CI/CD). 

• Experience with being a power user of AI and building AI-based automations. 

• Knowledge of operating system administration (Both windows and linux) 

• Excellent design and analytical skills 

• Creative troubleshooting skills and out-of-the-box thinking

• Experience aligning expectations across multiple stakeholders at multiple levels of the business.

• Personal skills 

• Strong communication skills, team player 

• Open-minded and creative – a problem-solver. 

• A thorough and methodical approach to any task, ability to plan, conduct, prioritize, track and measure processes. 

• Decision-making skills: taking into account both architectural and business considerations, at times with incomplete information  

• Strong ability to use new technologies and understand them in depth through rapid self-learning.

• Proactive by nature; internal drive for excellence and improvement.

• Highly motivated, autonomous.

• Fluent in English, good writing skills.

What makes you stand out: 

• Experience with MCP, AWS Bedrock, Agentic AI, or RAG solutions. 

• BA/BS in Computer Science 

• Experience in testing methodologies and developing tests (e.g Unit tests, integration tests, system tests) 

• Strong networking foundations (TCP/IP, DNS, Network Protocols, Routing) 

• Security principles and techniques (Risk management, Threat modeling, secure configuration)  

• Database usage experience and understanding  

• Experience with Agile development and practices  

• Professional certifications