Overview
Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Full Time
No Travel Required
Skills
API
Cloud Computing
Code Refactoring
Collaboration
Communication
Computer Science
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Integration
Data Architecture
Data Governance
Data Integration
Data Management
DevOps
Enterprise Architecture
Enterprise Integration
FOCUS
Financial Services
IT Management
Innovation
Leadership
Legacy Systems
Management
Master Data Management
Mentorship
Microservices
Performance Tuning
Pivotal
Privacy
Regulatory Compliance
Reliability Engineering
Roadmaps
Scalability
Software Engineering
Technical Drafting
Technical Writing
Application Development
Job Details
Job Title: Senior Platform Engineer
Location: Hybrid Charlotte, NC
Experience: 10+ Years
Industry: Financial Services / Wealth Management
Location: Hybrid Charlotte, NC
Experience: 10+ Years
Industry: Financial Services / Wealth Management
Position Overview
We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the design, development, and implementation of mission-critical platform systems and foundational architectures. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for shaping the core of our platform strategy, setting engineering standards, and driving initiatives that enable scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions across the organization. You ll work on transformational projects, collaborate across teams, and mentor engineers to ensure our technology evolves with our growing business needs.
This is a hybrid position open to candidates located near our Charlotte, NC office.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Architecture & Design
- Design and implement scalable, reliable, and secure platform features and systems.
- Shape architectural direction through hands-on coding and technical documentation.
- Develop and maintain frameworks to streamline application development across teams.
- Lead strategic technical initiatives aligned with the company s platform vision.
- Author technical design specifications for high-impact platform capabilities.
Advanced Platform Development
- Engineer enterprise-scale solutions for data management, API governance, and integration.
- Execute large-scale refactoring to improve performance, maintainability, and quality.
- Build robust, compliant, and governed systems for canonical data sources.
- Design standard patterns for service integration and application interoperability.
- Enforce best practices in API design, versioning, and governance.
Technical Leadership & Best Practices
- Lead efforts to improve platform engineering standards and practices across teams.
- Mentor engineers in platform development, architecture, and secure coding practices.
- Cultivate community practices around code quality, privacy, and design principles.
- Proactively manage technical debt while driving innovation and platform evolution.
- Coordinate with multiple engineering teams to resolve dependencies and align roadmaps.
Enterprise & Compliance
- Ensure platform systems meet enterprise-grade security, compliance, and regulatory standards.
- Design architectures that scale with organizational growth and operational complexity.
- Contribute to technology modernization and legacy system transformation.
- Collaborate with enterprise architecture and security stakeholders on platform strategy.
- Apply master data management and data governance best practices.
Qualifications & Requirements
Skills & Expertise
- Deep experience in platform engineering, microservices architecture, and API design.
- Proficiency in cloud-native development, distributed systems, and service-oriented architectures.
- Strong background in data architecture, enterprise integration, and event-driven systems.
- Experience in performance optimization, scalability, and reliability engineering.
- Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code (IaC).
- Solid understanding of enterprise security, compliance, and regulatory frameworks.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and mentoring capabilities.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- 10 15 years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on platform engineering.
- Demonstrated success in designing and delivering large-scale platform solutions.
- Proven leadership in complex technical projects and cross-functional collaboration.
- Experience in regulated industries, preferably financial services.
- Expertise in API governance, data integration, and platform scalability.
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