Senior Platform Engineer – Platform Lead

Matrix Global

. Drive the platform roadmap across CI/CD, release automation, infrastructure, environments, observability, developer tooling, and engineering productivity .

Posted 10/14/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in platform engineering and developer experience, focusing on building and improving shared engineering platforms. Proficient in CI/CD, AWS infrastructure, and automation tools to enhance engineering productivity and operational excellence.

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Platform EngineeringCI/CD ImplementationAWS Cloud InfrastructureInternal Tool DevelopmentEngineering Productivity Improvement

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Hard Skills

GoPythonC#DockerKubernetesTerraformJenkinsGitLab CI/CDGitHub ActionsRelease Automation

Soft Skills

Strong CommunicationCollaboration Skills

Tools & Technologies

AWS ServicesDatadogAmazon CloudWatchGrafanaDORA Metrics

Industry Keywords

SaaS EnvironmentFintechPaymentsECommerceCompliance-Aware Delivery

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDockerEC2GrafanaJenkinsKubernetesPythonReactTerraformTypeScriptGo.NET

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive the platform roadmap across CI/CD, release automation, infrastructure, environments, observability, developer tooling, and engineering productivity
Develop internal tools, reusable templates, automation, and standardized workflows
Identify and eliminate friction across local development, testing, deployment, environment management, and production troubleshooting
Implement automated validation, quality gates, release guardrails, and faster feedback loops
Partner with product engineers to translate delivery bottlenecks into scalable platform improvements
Treat engineering teams as internal customers and prioritize usability, adoption, reliability, and measurable business impact
Use DORA metrics, developer experience indicators, and engineering productivity data to identify bottlenecks and track improvements
Introduce AI-assisted workflows for coding, debugging, testing, code reviews, and documentation
Provide technical guidance through architecture reviews, design reviews, code reviews, pairing, documentation, and hands-on examples
Drive cross-functional initiatives, influence engineering decisions, and establish technical direction
Build reliable, reusable platform capabilities that help teams build, test, deploy, and operate software
Improve engineering productivity, delivery reliability, and operational excellence

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of experience in platform engineering, developer experience, engineering productivity, internal tooling, DevOps, or a related software engineering discipline
Experience building, establishing, or significantly improving a shared engineering platform or platform engineering function
Strong hands-on engineering skills and ability to design, build, deploy, and operate advocated systems and tools
Experience developing internal tools, reusable automation, engineering templates, standardized delivery workflows, or developer paved roads adopted by engineering teams
Strong understanding of CI/CD, release automation, infrastructure, observability, environment management, and production operations within a SaaS environment
Hands-on AWS experience is required, including building and operating cloud infrastructure and production services
AWS services including VPC, ECS, EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda, and CloudWatch
Ability to identify systemic engineering challenges, define practical solutions, and drive technical initiatives across multiple teams
Strong communication and collaboration skills
Pragmatic approach to AI-assisted development
Experience with several of: Go, Python, C#, Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Datadog, Amazon CloudWatch, Grafana, DORA metrics, developer experience measurement, LinearB, GetDX, Claude Code, AI coding agents, LLM integrations, MCP, tool calling, and workflow automation
Preferred: production-grade Go development experience
Preferred: legacy C#/.NET modernization or support, particularly Windows environments
Preferred: TypeScript, React, or frontend engineering platforms
Preferred: internal developer portals, service scaffolding, golden paths, or self-service engineering capabilities
Preferred: legacy systems modernization in a mature production SaaS environment
Preferred: background in fintech, payments, accounting, eCommerce, property development or management, or transaction-intensive domains
Preferred: security controls, identity and access management, compliance-aware delivery, or policy-as-code

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation and benefits
Meaningful career development opportunities
Diverse, inclusive culture
Continuous learning and growth
In-person collaboration opportunities
Remote-friendly work arrangement for candidates farther from New York
Hybrid work arrangement near the New York metropolitan area
Approximately 4–6 in-person visits per year for remote-friendly candidates