Manager, Platform Engineering
- Pay
- $133,000 – $192,000 per year
- Location
- Boston, MA · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Lead / Staff
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 30 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Kubernetes
- CI/CD
- build systems
- Infrastructure as Code
Also useful
- Internal Developer Platforms
- software supply chain security
- agentic coding assistants
Stated benefits & perks
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401k
- Pto
About the role
Platform Engineering is seeking an experienced engineering manager to lead a team responsible for building and evolving the internal platforms that power software development across the company. This role leads engineers delivering modern build systems, developer tooling, cloud-native infrastructure, automation, and AI-enabled engineering capabilities that improve developer productivity, platform reliability, and software delivery while partnering across the organization to accelerate engineering excellence.
Responsibilities
Technical & Platform Leadership
- Lead the evolution of the company's Platform Engineering capabilities to enable faster, more secure, and more reliable software delivery.
- Drive modernization of build systems, developer tooling, CI/CD, release automation, and Software Factory capabilities.
- Champion cloud-native architectures, automation, Infrastructure as Code, and engineering best practices.
- Evaluate and adopt AI-driven capabilities that improve developer productivity, software delivery, and engineering workflows.
- Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance while empowering engineers to own implementation details.
People Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of Platform Engineers.
- Recruit, coach, and develop engineering talent.
- Foster a collaborative, innovative, and accountable engineering culture.
Delivery & Execution
- Own delivery of strategic Platform Engineering initiatives.
- Balance platform investments, operational priorities, and technical debt.
- Identify risks, remove blockers, and communicate tradeoffs effectively.
- Define and measure platform success through adoption, reliability, developer productivity, automation, and software delivery outcomes.
Collaboration
- Build strong partnerships across Development, Quality Development, Security, Technical Services, Managed Services, and Product teams.
- Translate business objectives into engineering priorities and execution plans.
- Represent Platform Engineering in cross-functional planning and executive discussions.
- Champion Platform Engineering as a strategic partner that enables engineering productivity across the organization.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 6+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or DevOps.
- 2+ years of engineering management experience.
- Experience with several of the following: cloud-native platforms, Kubernetes, CI/CD, build systems, developer tooling, automation, and Infrastructure as Code.
- Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives from planning through delivery.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) or developer platforms.
- Experience leading modernization of build systems, software factories, or enterprise engineering platforms.
- Experience with DevSecOps practices and software supply chain security.
- Experience working with AI-powered engineering tools and agentic coding assistants (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Tabnine).
- Proven ability to evaluate and adopt emerging AI technologies that improve software delivery, platform operations, and developer productivity.
Pay and benefits
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.
Benefits
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
$133,000—$192,000 USD
About InterSystems
InterSystems, a creative data technology provider, delivers a unified foundation for next-generation applications for healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and supply chain customers in more than 80 countries. Our data platforms solve interoperability, speed, and scalability problems for large organizations around the globe to unlock the power of data and allow people to perceive data in imaginative ways.
Established in 1978, InterSystems is committed to excellence through its 24×7 support for customers and partners around the world. Privately held and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, InterSystems has 38 offices in 28 countries worldwide. For more information, please visit InterSystems.com.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
InterSystems may use AI tools for its internal operations including administrative tasks during recruitment (e.g., organizing candidate information). InterSystems' approach to AI is guided by the InterSystems Responsible AI Guidelines. AI is not used to make or influence hiring decisions. All decisions are made by InterSystems employees.
Candidates may use AI for CV or interview preparation, provided materials are truthful and reflect their own experience. AI tools and third-party transcription services must not be used during interviews or assessments.
Please note that the use of wearable technology, including any AI-related tools or other technology-connected devices (such as META or Google smart glasses and/or wearables, and/or any similar devices), is strictly prohibited during the interview and screening process with InterSystems.
Any applicant who requires a wearable device or any type of technology support during the interview process as a reasonable accommodation under the ADA or applicable state or country laws and regulations must contact the InterSystems Human Resources Department prior to attending or participating in any interview or screening process.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression or any other legally protected category. InterSystems is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
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