Manager of Platform Product Engineering

***We are unable to sponsor for this permanent full-time role***

***Position is bonus eligible***

Prestigious Financial Institution is currently seeking a Manager of Platform Product Engineering. Candidate will lead a product-focused area within Platform Engineering, building tooling and workflows on top of the existing internal platform to enable developer experience across the organization. This role combines engineering leadership with product ownership. The ideal candidate has a strong Developer or DevOps background and hands-on experience with IDP portals such as Backstage.

 Responsibilities:

• Acts as Product Owner: defines the roadmap, manages the backlog, and leads sprint planning and reviews
• Engages engineering teams as internal customers to gather requirements and drive adoption of developer tooling
• Sponsors code reviews and drives continuous improvement efforts
• Participates in creation and review of user stories, providing input on effort estimation and architecture/design
• Advocates for Agile best practices across the SDLC
• Conducts proofs of concept using emerging developer experience technologies
• Performs risk analyses and recommends quality improvements
• Oversees onboarding and ongoing team training
• Manage the Developer Experience area within Platform Engineering

Qualifications:

• [Required] Experience with Agile methodologies, including as a Product Owner
• [Required] Able to treat a platform as a product with roadmaps, backlogs, and user research
• [Required] Hands-on experience with Internal Developer Portals such as Backstage plug-in development, service catalog configuration, and software templates
• [Required] Experience building developer tooling and self-service workflows on top of existing platform infrastructure
• [Required] Strong GitOps experience managing infrastructure and application delivery through Git-based workflows
• [Required] Experience in DevOps tooling such as: Terraform, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Artifactory and CI/CD pipeline design
• [Required] Experience with Kubernetes (K8s) and Helm
• [Required] Experience with AWS foundational services: VPCs, Security Groups, EC2, RDS, S3, KMS, IAM, and AWS CLI
• [Preferred] Development experience in Node.js, TypeScript, React or Python
• [Preferred] Familiarity with observability tooling such as Splunk

• [Required] BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent experience
• [Required] 7+ years in platform engineering, DevOps, or related infrastructure/tooling disciplines
• [Required] 3+ years in an engineering leadership or management role

• [Preferred] AWS Certified Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer
• [Preferred] Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or equivalent
• [Preferred] Project/program management certification