The Capital Group Companies, Inc

Platform Engineer Lead

The Capital Group Companies, Inc$153K — $246K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field or equivalent experience
  • 10+ years in Infrastructure Automation and/or Platform Engineering, including 8+ years in cloud platforms
  • Strong software development background with 6+ years in Terraform/OpenTofu/CDK and GoLang
  • Experience architecting self-service platform products including provisioning/vending and management
  • Expertise in Day 2 operations at scale with embedded FinOps and security
  • Deep technical knowledge in Linux, cloud networking, Kubernetes, and automation frameworks
  • Experience mentoring engineers with Agile/SCRUM product delivery skills

Responsibilities

  • Architect the technical strategy for Capital Group's cloud ecosystem
  • Develop custom platform products, tools, and services to enhance internal capabilities
  • Automate cloud account provisioning, lifecycle management, and self-service operations
  • Implement disciplined Day 2 operations to maintain platform health
  • Embed FinOps, security, and governance controls in all solutions
  • Drive the design for AI Assisting Delivery and agent-driven architecture
  • Mentor and coach engineers, influencing enterprise standards and collaboration

Benefits

  • Eligibility for an individual annual performance bonus
  • Participation in Capital's annual profitability bonus program
  • Retirement plan with a 15% contribution of eligible earnings
  • Access to a talent community and other opportunities within Capital Group
Full Job Description
"I can succeed as a Platform Engineer Lead at Capital Group."

As a Platform Engineer Lead on our enterprise-wide technology team, you won't just architect infrastructure-you'll set the technical strategy and define the backbone of Capital Group's cloud ecosystem. You'll bring a strong developer background and a product-engineering mindset, treating internal capabilities as software products that are designed, built, tested, integrated, and evolved with the same rigor as customer-facing applications. You'll own the automation, tooling, custom platform products, and integration patterns-spanning cloud account provisioning and vending, account lifecycle and self-service operations, estate management, product-onboarding orchestration, patching automation, APIs, data backends, and our Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration-automation engines-that thousands of engineers rely on every day to deliver business-critical applications at scale.

As the most senior individual contributor on the platform, you'll operate with wide latitude and partner with senior leadership to move us from running today's platform products to architecting the next generation of them. You'll design new ways for internal customers to reach the cloud faster and more easily, embed FinOps, security, and governance controls by default, keep the platform healthy through disciplined Day 2 operations, build with AI and design for an increasingly agent-driven future, and multiply your impact by mentoring and coaching the engineers around you.

"I am the person Capital Group is looking for."

  • You have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)


  • You have at least 10 years in Infrastructure Automation and/or Platform Engineering, including 8+ years leading the design, implementation, and governance of large-scale cloud platform and automation solutions


  • You have a strong software development background-designing, building, testing, and maintaining production-grade applications, services, APIs, or developer-facing platform products-with 6+ years of expert-level Terraform/OpenTofu/CDK and strong GoLang for custom providers, tooling, and integrations


  • You have proven experience architecting, extending, and maintaining self-service platform products-account provisioning/vending, portals, APIs, data backends, lifecycle and estate management, and paved-road onboarding that lower the cloud-expertise bar for internal customers


  • You are an expert in Day 2 operations at scale-lifecycle management, patching, drift detection/remediation, capacity and cost management, observability, and incident/problem management-with FinOps, security, and governance controls embedded by default


  • You have deep technical breadth across Linux, cloud networking (DNS, routing, firewalls, load balancing, container networking), Kubernetes, IAM design, TLS/KMS, and OAuth/SAML integration patterns, plus advanced Python, PowerShell, and Bash and CI/CD automation


  • You use AI-assisted engineering to improve delivery, automation quality, and operational efficiency, and have a working understanding of agentic application architecture


  • You mentor senior engineers, influence without formal authority, and define enterprise-wide standards-with Agile/SCRUM product delivery experience and exceptional communication, collaboration, and executive-engagement skills


"I can apply in less than 4 minutes."

You've reviewed this job posting and you're ready to start the candidate journey with us. Apply now to move to the next step in our recruiting process. If this role isn't what you're looking for, check out our other opportunities and join our talent community.

Charlotte Base Salary Range: $153,842-$246,147

In addition to a highly competitive base salary, per plan guidelines, restrictions and vesting requirements, you also will be eligible for an individual annual performance bonus, plus Capital's annual profitability bonus plus a retirement plan where Capital contributes 15% of your eligible earnings.

You can learn more about our compensation and benefits here.

* Temporary positions in the United States are excluded from the above mentioned compensation and benefit plans.

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