Lead Platform Engineer

Chicago, IL, US • Posted 1 hour ago • Updated 1 hour ago
Full Time
On-site
$160000 - $190000/yr
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Skills

  • Management
  • IaaS
  • Cloud Architecture
  • DevOps
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Continuous Integration
  • Continuous Delivery
  • Python
  • Java
  • Mentorship
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Cloud Computing

Summary

Lead Infrastructure Software Engineer (Platform Engineering):
A leading Chicago-area enterprise is looking to hire a Lead Infrastructure Software Engineer to join their growing Platform Engineering team. In this role, you'll help build and scale cloud-native platforms, automation tools, and self-service capabilities that enable engineering teams to deploy and manage applications more efficiently. You'll work heavily with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and modern cloud infrastructure while helping drive best practices across the organization.

This is an opportunity to make a broad impact by improving developer experience, influencing cloud architecture decisions, and building solutions used across multiple engineering teams. You'll also have the chance to mentor engineers, lead technical initiatives, and help shape the future of the company's platform capabilities.

Required Skills & Experience
  • 5+ years of experience in Cloud, Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering
  • Hands-on experience with AWS and Kubernetes in production environments
  • Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
  • Experience building or supporting CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks
  • Programming experience with Python, Java, or similar languages

Desired Skills & Experience
  • Experience building internal developer platforms or self-service tools
  • Strong understanding of observability, monitoring, and cloud-native architectures
  • Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical projects
  • AWS certification(s) are a plus
  • Experience working in large-scale enterprise cloud environments
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  • Dice Id: 10105282
  • Position Id: 885955
  • Posted 1 hour ago

Company Info

About Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC

Motion Recruitment delivers IT Talent Solutions for Contract, Direct Hire, Managed Solutions and Statement of Work to all of North America from our 21 delivery centers. Our high-touch, specialized, team-based recruitment model’s success is proven through our exemplary track record in filling the most challenging IT positions for startup and enterprise clients alike. Our hyper-specialized tech focus results in a truly consultative approach for both our clients and candidates, within our recruiting areas of expertise: Software, Mobile, Data, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Product + UX and Functional.

Motion also delivers IT Consulting Solutions through the Motion Consulting Group (MCG) that create true digital transformation for IT projects in Agile Development & Coaching, DevOps & DevSecOps Solutions, and Managed Services for IT Operations.

We’re also the proud creators of Tech in Motion and the Timmy Awards, our North American community platform, events series and award program that connects over 250,000 tech enthusiasts to meet, learn, and innovate.

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