Platform Engineering Lead

Lyra Technology Group • Howell Township, NJ

146d • $70,000

About The Position

Owns the planning and delivery pipeline for all platform engineering work. Provides real-time visibility, accurate timelines, and reliable execution without managing people.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of GitHub, Canny and Azure DevOps
• Working knowledge of modern programming flows
• Proven ability to break down work, set deadlines, and hit them
• Strong written communication and meeting facilitation
• Comfort with EST work hours and remote collaboration
• Highly organized, reliable, calm under pressure
• Can influence without authority and drive adoption
• 2+ years coordinating and/or managing workflows, systems or projects

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the master roadmap in GitHub Projects/Azure DevOps and Ignite
• Convert incoming ideas into scoped items with clear acceptance criteria and ETAs
• Keep a live dashboard that shows status, blockers, and forecast completion dates
• Run planning sessions, standups, and retros; define sprint cadence as needed
• Track and report metrics to leadership every week
• Facilitate documentation of new processes and integrations
• Organize and deliver training sessions that improve team adoption of the workflow
• Work with engineers on estimation, planning, and process discipline
• Perform weekly backlog grooming to merge duplicates, close stale items, and re-confirm priorities with stakeholders
• Monitor cross-team dependencies and coordinate when projects overlap
• Maintain a high-level understanding of all active projects so you can step in when an engineer is out

Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision & other additional benefits
• 401K (With 4% Match) eligible after 90 Days
• Generous PTO
• Salary starting at $70,000+

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees