Lead, Platform Engineer

Guild Mortgage•,

11h•$144,001 - $210,601•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead, Platform Engineer provides senior execution-oriented technical leadership within Guild's Platform Engineering & Developer Experience organization. The role is responsible for translating platform capability objectives and architectural direction into effective engineering execution across the IT Factory platform ecosystem. Operating primarily within IT Factory, the Lead, Platform Engineer combines broad technical competency with hands-on engineering leadership to improve execution effectiveness, implementation consistency, and engineering predictability across Platform Engineering initiatives. The role works across software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, quality engineering, security, IAM, and related technical disciplines to identify execution constraints, remove technical blockers, reinforce implementation discipline, and improve engineering outcomes. The Lead, Platform Engineer partners closely with Domain Architecture, Platform Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Platform Engineering leadership, DevOps, QA, Security, IAM, and adjacent delivery organizations to operationalize architectural direction, reinforce architectural continuity, and improve execution outcomes where upstream and downstream implementation dependencies exist. Within IT Factory, this role commonly fulfills the Technical Delivery Lead (TDL) responsibilities for platform engineering initiatives, providing execution leadership while remaining actively engaged in engineering implementation. This role improves engineering effectiveness through technical leadership, implementation guidance, execution visibility, engineering mentorship, and disciplined engineering execution. The role does not own platform strategy, Enterprise Architecture governance, runtime platform operations, or personnel management responsibilities.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree directly related to the position or equivalent, preferred.
Minimum 10 years' experience in software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or related technical engineering disciplines supporting enterprise software delivery.
Minimum three years supervisory or leadership experience in technical lead roles supporting engineering delivery environments.
Demonstrated broad technical competency across software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, CI/CD, cloud platforms, observability, quality engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, and modern software delivery practices.
Demonstrated experience providing execution-oriented technical leadership across multiple engineering disciplines without direct organizational authority.
Demonstrated ability to translate architectural direction, platform capability objectives, and implementation sequencing into coordinated engineering execution.
Proven experience leading complex engineering implementation efforts through technical leadership, engineering influence, and execution discipline rather than personnel management.
Strong systems-thinking capability with the ability to identify technical constraints, implementation risks, dependency relationships, and execution tradeoffs across platform engineering initiatives.
Demonstrated ability to improve execution effectiveness, implementation consistency, and engineering predictability across complex technical initiatives.
Experience providing hands-on technical leadership through engineering design, implementation guidance, troubleshooting, technical mentoring, and execution support.
Strong communication and collaboration skills across architecture, engineering, platform, operational, security, and delivery organizations.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
Highly organized and detail-oriented; ability to work in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment required.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, Wiki, collaborative cloud-based programs, and third-party software applications required.
Commitment to company values.
Customer Service - Proactive attention to each person.
Integrity - Do and say what's right.
Respect - Treat others with dignity.
Collaboration - Listen and work together.
Learning - Seek knowledge and strive for improvement.
Excellence – Deliver the unexpected.

Nice To Haves

Experience operating within regulated or highly governed enterprise environments.
Experience supporting internal developer platforms, Golden Paths, reusable engineering capabilities, or platform-as-a-product operating models.
Experience serving as a Technical Delivery Lead or equivalent execution leadership role for complex, cross-functional engineering initiatives.
Experience with Azure, .NET, infrastructure automation, observability platforms, and modern CI/CD ecosystems.
Experience coordinating implementation dependencies across DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, quality engineering, Security, IAM, and other enterprise technology functions.

Responsibilities

Lead engineering execution across Platform Engineering & Developer Experience initiatives by translating platform capability objectives into effective engineering implementation, reinforcing engineering discipline, and enabling successful execution across the IT Factory platform ecosystem.
Translate architectural direction, platform capability objectives, and implementation sequencing into engineering execution while reinforcing architectural continuity, implementation consistency, and reusable engineering practices.
Provide execution-oriented technical leadership across software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), quality engineering, security, IAM, and related Factory capabilities to align implementation activities, resolve execution constraints, and improve engineering effectiveness where upstream and downstream implementation dependencies exist.
Improve implementation effectiveness by identifying execution constraints, surfacing technical dependencies early, removing engineering blockers, reinforcing implementation sequencing, and improving execution visibility across Platform Engineering initiatives.
Provide hands-on technical leadership through active participation in engineering design, implementation guidance, troubleshooting, technical mentoring, and execution support.
Partner closely with Domain Architecture, Platform Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, and Platform Engineering leadership to operationalize architectural direction, align implementation with established architectural guidance, and reinforce long-term architectural continuity through engineering execution.
Provide visibility into execution risks, implementation constraints, technical dependencies, and sequencing impacts affecting Platform Engineering initiatives while supporting informed engineering and delivery decisions.
Support implementation and operationalization of reusable platform capabilities through consistent engineering practices, reusable implementation patterns, and architecture-aligned engineering execution.
Guide engineers through complex implementation scenarios while reinforcing distributed engineering ownership, technical accountability, implementation quality, and disciplined engineering execution.
Mentor and develop engineers through technical leadership, implementation coaching, engineering best practices, architectural guidance, and execution-oriented leadership.
Contribute to the evolution of reusable platform capabilities, engineering workflows, automation, implementation patterns, and engineering practices that strengthen the IT Factory operating model and improve long-term engineering effectiveness.
Support operational readiness, implementation stability, production validation, and technical issue resolution for platform capabilities while partnering with DevOps, SRE, and operational teams that retain runtime operational ownership.
Serve as the Technical Delivery Lead (TDL) for Platform Engineering initiatives where designated, reinforcing implementation sequencing, execution readiness, technical dependency alignment, and engineering execution across the IT Factory platform ecosystem.
Perform other duties as assigned.