Our Platform Engineering team builds and evolves the internal platforms that power software development across InterSystems. We develop build systems, developer tools, cloud-native infrastructure, automation, and AI-enabled engineering capabilities that help teams deliver software faster, more securely, and more reliably.
As a Principal Platform Engineer, you will serve as a hands-on technical leader, solving complex engineering challenges, shaping technical direction, and leading initiatives that improve developer productivity, platform reliability, and software delivery across the company.
Key Responsibilities- Provide technical leadership and architectural direction across Platform Engineering.
- Design and enhance internal platforms, developer tools, build systems, CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and software factory capabilities.
- Identify opportunities to simplify and automate how software is built, tested, and delivered.
- Help ensure our platforms are scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable.
- Evaluate new technologies and introduce them where they can make a meaningful impact.
- Collaborate with teams across the organization, mentor engineers, and help guide technical decisions.
Requirements- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Eight or more years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or a related discipline.
- Experience leading complex technical initiatives involving multiple systems or teams.
- Experience in areas such as cloud infrastructure, CI/CD platforms, build systems, developer tooling, automation, Infrastructure as Code, containers, and observability.
- Strong software engineering and automation skills using languages such as Python, Go, Java, JavaScript, Bash, or similar technologies.
- Strong understanding of system architecture, reliability, security, scalability, and maintainability.
- Experience using AI tools to improve software development and engineering workflows.
- Ability to identify where AI can meaningfully enhance developer productivity and software delivery while understanding its limitations and risks.
Preferred Qualifications- Experience building internal developer platforms that support software development and delivery.
- Experience with DevSecOps practices, including application security, software supply chain security, and secure development pipelines.
- Experience with AI coding assistants or agentic development tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Tabnine, or similar technologies.
- Experience integrating AI capabilities into developer platforms, engineering tools, or automated workflows.
InterSystems is providing a current good faith estimate of the anticipated base salary range for this position depending on a variety of factors including experience, education, skills, and performance.
Other compensation may include a discretionary annual variable target incentive.
The company also provides generous employee benefits including:
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
- 401(k) Profit Sharing Contribution
- Paid Time Off and Holidays
- Parental Leave
- Tuition reimbursement
The estimated base compensation range for this role is:
$110,000-$164,000 USD
