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Lead Platform Engineer
Guardian Life. Improve the engineering experience across Guardian by identifying opportunities, partnering with engineering teams, and delivering reusable platform capabilities, solutions, and tooling .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive experience in software engineering, focusing on designing and building production-quality systems, APIs, and integrations. Proven ability to lead technical initiatives, improve developer workflows, and enhance platform usability through effective collaboration and communication.
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Software Development Using C#, TypeScript, Java, Python, Go, KotlinBuilding Production Services, APIs, Integrations, Automation SolutionsTechnical Documentation, Implementation Plans, Architectural DesignsCollaboration Across Multiple Engineering TeamsDriving Technical Initiatives From Requirements Gathering Through Implementation
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Hard Skills
Software EngineeringProduction Software SystemsAPIsIntegrationsAutomation SolutionsArchitectural PatternsScalable SolutionsTechnical RecommendationsTroubleshootingProblem-Solving
Soft Skills
Strong Written CommunicationStrong Verbal CommunicationMentoringFacilitating Technical DiscussionsCollaboration
Tools & Technologies
CI/CD PlatformsGitHub ActionsJenkinsAzure DevOpsWorkflow Orchestration PlatformsTemporalAI-Assisted Software Development Tools
Industry Keywords
Developer ExperiencePlatform EngineeringEngineering EnablementEngineering StandardsBest Practices
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAzureJavaJenkinsKotlinPythonTypeScriptGo
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Improve the engineering experience across Guardian by identifying opportunities, partnering with engineering teams, and delivering reusable platform capabilities, solutions, and tooling
- Drive developer productivity, accelerate platform adoption, and reduce friction across the software development lifecycle
- Design and build reusable platform capabilities, services, APIs, integrations, tooling, and automation
- Apply architectural patterns and modern engineering practices to deliver scalable, maintainable solutions
- Contribute production-quality code and support solutions through deployment, operational readiness, and adoption
- Improve developer workflows and platform usability through targeted technical solutions and reusable components
- Lead strategic engineering initiatives from approved scope through production delivery
- Develop implementation plans, sequence work into phases, and coordinate dependencies across teams
- Partner with application, platform, architecture, and engineering teams to identify challenges and opportunities
- Conduct discovery to clarify user needs, stakeholders, constraints, dependencies, and success criteria
- Translate engineering and business needs into solution requirements and technical recommendations
- Build alignment on priorities and gather feedback to shape solutions and future improvements
- Present technical recommendations, designs, and implementation approaches to engineers and stakeholders
- Create documentation, implementation guides, onboarding materials, and reusable engineering patterns
- Facilitate technical discussions and help teams adopt new capabilities
- Communicate project status, risks, decisions, and outcomes in synchronous and asynchronous environments
- Share lessons learned, best practices, and reusable approaches across teams
- Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and technical discussions
- Promote engineering standards, best practices, and reusable patterns
- Support platform adoption, engineering enablement, reliability, observability, documentation, and maintainability
- Report to the Head of Engineering Experience and Platform
- No regular travel required
Requirements
What you’ll need- 7–10 years of professional software engineering experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Demonstrated experience designing, building, and operating production software systems
- Strong software development skills using C#, TypeScript, Java, Python, Go, Kotlin, or similar languages
- Experience building and supporting production services, APIs, integrations, and automation solutions
- Proven ability to drive technical initiatives from requirements gathering through implementation and deployment
- Experience collaborating across multiple engineering teams and organizational boundaries
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience creating technical documentation, implementation plans, and architectural designs
- Experience working with globally distributed engineering teams
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to operate effectively with evolving requirements and incomplete information
- Preferred: experience with developer experience, platform engineering, internal developer platforms, or engineering enablement initiatives
- Preferred: experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or similar technologies
- Preferred: experience with workflow orchestration platforms such as Temporal or similar technologies
- Preferred: experience building integrations across enterprise platforms and services
- Preferred: experience supporting adoption of engineering tools, frameworks, or organizational engineering practices
- Preferred: familiarity with AI-assisted software development tools and engineering productivity solutions
- Preferred: experience designing and implementing metrics, reporting, or engineering intelligence solutions
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship/support now or in the future
Benefits
Comp & perks- Skill-building opportunities
- Leadership development opportunities
- Philanthropic opportunities
- Support and flexibility to achieve professional and personal goals
- Contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources for full-time eligible employees
- Potential eligibility for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation