Platform Engineer Lead

Job Overview Lead Platform Engineer – Senior individual contributor (PE5) on the Banzai SDLC / DevOps team. Responsible for building, optimizing, and modernizing toolchains used by engineering teams daily. Responsibilities Design and deliver enterprise‑grade developer tooling, treating SDLC as a product with developers as primary consumers. Evolve the core SDLC toolchain end‑to‑end: CI/CD pipeline orchestration, code‑quality and static‑analysis, artifact and package management, and build‑automation frameworks. Architect quality gates, artifact promotion strategies, dependency governance, and pipeline patterns that are fast, reliable, and self‑service. Define and deliver standardized SDLC capabilities—including automation, security integration, observability, and AI‑assisted development—to reduce cognitive load while preserving flexibility. Lead hands‑on adoption and enterprise enablement of AI‑assisted software development (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, etc.), building enterprise controls, guardrails, and usage patterns. Partner across Platform Engineering, Architecture, Security, and application teams to ensure solutions are intuitive, scalable, and aligned with enterprise standards. Communicate solutions to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders and translate platform strategy into concrete developer outcomes. Continuously experiment, evaluate emerging tools, and incorporate learnings into scalable platform capabilities. Qualifications 10+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps. Strong foundation as a developer who builds and ships software, with experience building CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and developer toolchains. Hands‑on experience with tools such as Harness.io, SonarQube, and package/artifact management solutions (Artifactory, Nexus, etc.). Experience building developer tooling and SDLC platforms that serve many teams as long‑lived platform products. Practitioner of AI‑assisted development, using tools like Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot daily and defining enterprise‑ready patterns (access, data handling, cost visibility, auditing, logging). Strong knowledge of modern software delivery practices: CI/CD, GitOps, cloud‑native platforms, container orchestration (AWS, Kubernetes, Docker), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). Proficiency in TypeScript, Python, Java, or Go; ability to write production code. Experience with CI/CD orchestration (best: Harness.io, GitHub Actions). Familiarity with code‑quality and static‑analysis platforms (SonarQube, SonarCloud). Knowledge of observability concepts (metrics, logs, traces, OpenTelemetry). Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience). Benefits & Compensation Competitive salary in the range $153,842–$246,147, annual performance bonus, profitability bonus, and 15% retirement contribution from Capital. Additional benefits include health coverage, flexible work options, paid time‑off, professional development resources, matching charitable contributions, and more. Equal Opportunity Employer We are an equal‑opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, domestic‑violence victim status, assault or stalking, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. #J-18808-Ljbffr