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Tech Lead, Developer Experience & Platform Engineering

The Tech Lead, Developer Experience & Platform Engineering, is responsible for transforming the day-to-day work of engineers by developing a platform that increases their efficiency, security and happiness. He leads a team of SRE and backend engineers and is responsible for providing technical leadership and driving team growth and organizational alignment.

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About the role

As a Tech Lead on our Platform team, you will change the way engineers across multiple product teams experience their daily work - from local development to production deployment.

Tasks

Technical tasks:

  • Own internal platform roadmap and backlog - align priorities with strategic goals, developer feedback and long-term sustainability
  • Drive the development and delivery of internal platforms, CICD pipelines and developer tooling
  • Create shared libraries, frameworks and developer tools (SDKs, CLIs) that standardize and improve productivity
  • Embed safe, observable and compliant practices into platform development while leveraging AI and automation to reduce cognitive load
  • Communicate changes clearly via changelogs, documentation and internal demos

Management tasks:

  • Lead and grow small teams of SRE and backend engineers - conduct 1:1 meetings, support onboarding, provide goal setting and performance feedback
  • Drive platform adoption across engineering teams through training, documentation and developer engagement
  • Lead backend build and promote consistent standards across teams
  • Work with Tech Leads, Engineering Managers and Architects to align platform direction with organizational needs
  • Promote a culture of responsibility, psychological safety and continuous improvement

Requirements

  • Experience in leading platform or developer productivity initiatives across teams
  • Strong background in Java (Quarkus) or NodeJS (NestJS), with Kubernetes, Terraform and GitLab CICD
  • Understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS), microservices and developer tooling
  • Experience in the implementation of life cycle strategies (versioning, migration, deprecation)
  • Proven ability to document, communicate and promote platform tools and standards

Ideal candidate

  • Enjoys building platforms and internal tools that empower engineers
  • Blossoms with end-to-end responsibility - architecture, implementation and operation
  • Balances technical strategy with mentorship and team delivery
  • Takes intensive care of quality, developer experience and security
  • Is passionate about eliminating friction and accelerating feature delivery across engineering teams

Success

  • Developers rely on your tools and templates to deliver faster and more securely
  • Your team is stable, observable and safe-by-default
  • Your platform services are stable, observable and secure-by-default
  • Engineers seek your advice and feedback loops drive continuous platform improvement
  • AI tooling and automation measurably reduce developer workload
  • Your platform work enables

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