Platform Engineering Lead
About The Position
We’re hiring a Platform Engineering Lead to join our Product & Tech team at EMARKETER. The Platform Engineering Lead is a hands-on technical leader responsible for shaping the reliability, scalability, and developer experience of EMARKETER’s platform infrastructure. This role combines engineering leadership with deep technical expertise to ensure our systems enable developers to build and ship products efficiently and securely. You will lead platform initiatives across infrastructure automation, observability, and cloud reliability while mentoring engineers and partnering with teams across the organization. This is a hybrid role based out of our New York City office, with regular in-office expectations. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship, now or in the future. Candidates must be within commuting distance of our New York City office. Relocation assistance is not available.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering, with experience designing and operating cloud-based infrastructure.
- Experience mentoring or leading engineers in a collaborative engineering organization.
- Strong experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Experience building or managing containerized infrastructure using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Expertise implementing Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi.
- Experience with observability tools such as Datadog, Grafana, or Prometheus.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a small Platform Engineering team, supporting career development and technical growth.
- Define and execute the platform engineering roadmap to improve reliability, scalability, and developer productivity.
- Partner with engineering leadership to establish standards for infrastructure, system design, and operational excellence.
- Design and implement Infrastructure-as-Code solutions and CI/CD pipelines that enable secure, repeatable deployments.
- Drive improvements to observability through metrics, logging, and tracing systems.
- Champion Site Reliability Engineering practices including SLOs, incident response, and continuous improvement.
- Lead platform-level incident response processes, root cause analysis, and operational improvements.
Benefits
- Unlimited PTO, 10 paid holidays, and 16 weeks of parental leave
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
- Matched and vested 401k plan
- Access to resources for financial planning guidance, family planning services, mental health reach-out, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Additional benefits include commuter benefits, phone reimbursement, gym membership discounts, and more
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
