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HKS, Inc. · 1 day ago

_MADE Platform Engineering Lead

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

7+ years exp

HKS, Inc. is a company focused on developing and maintaining internal platform infrastructure to enhance application development. The MADE Platform Engineering Lead is responsible for managing resources, mentoring staff, and implementing platform engineering principles to streamline application deployment and improve developer experience.

Architecture

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Designs, builds and maintains CI/CD pipeline infrastructure for all applications

Implements Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and ARM templates for Azure resource management

Establishes and evolves microservices framework, API standards, and service contracts

Creates and maintains developer self-service capabilities and internal tooling

Leads Azure cloud infrastructure strategy, optimization and cost management

Manages environment provisioning (dev, test, staging, production) through automation

Implements disaster recovery, backup strategies and security frameworks

Handles Azure networking, load balancing and application gateway configuration

Reduces cognitive load on application development teams through platform abstractions

Creates "golden path" templates, patterns and scaffolding tools for rapid development

Gathers and acts on developer feedback to continuously improve platform services

Streamlines onboarding processes and reduce environment setup time for new developers

Designs and implements data models that represent architectural concepts, project hierarchies and design workflows

Establishes architectural workflow automation capabilities and data standardization across design phases

Implements centralized logging, monitoring, and alerting systems using Azure Monitor and Application Insights

Builds distributed tracing capabilities and performance monitoring across microservices

Establishes security frameworks, authentication/authorization systems and secrets management

Ensures compliance with architectural industry standards and security best practices

Collaborates closely with Application Development teams to understand platform requirements

Facilitates platform-application integration and resolves cross-team dependencies

Provides technical leadership in combined sprint planning and dependency management

Conducts platform adoption sessions and knowledge transfer with application teams and measures platform adoption, usage metrics, and developer satisfaction

Maintains platform roadmap aligned with application team needs and business objectives

Prioritizes platform features based on developer feedback and organizational impact

Manages platform versioning, deprecation policies and backward compatibility

Architects test automation strategy for platform services and integration points and implements automated testing frameworks for CI/CD pipelines

Leads cross-team integration testing between platform and application services

Coaches application developers on testing practices and platform testing tools

Leads sophisticated CI/CD implementation for both platform and application deployments

Manages complex deployment orchestration across multiple microservices

Implements automated rollback mechanisms and deployment safety measures

Optimizes deployment frequency and reduces lead-time for changes

Experiments with emerging technologies (AI/ML, containers, serverless) for platform enhancement

Integrates Azure AI services to enable intelligent capabilities across platform services to show how AI fits into platform strategy

Identifies opportunities to reduce manual processes through platform automation

Makes strategic architectural decisions that enable sustainable team scaling

Stays current with platform engineering trends, tools, and industry best practices

Qualification

Microsoft AzureCI/CD pipelinesInfrastructure as CodeAI/ML solutionsASP.NETReactMicroservicesAPI designData modelsChange managementTeam leadershipCommunication skillsAttention to detail

Required

Computer Science, Software Engineering Bachelor's degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Typically, 7+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or senior software development roles

Typically, 3+ years of experience leading infrastructure or platform initiatives

Typically 5+ years with Microsoft Azure including App Services, Functions, Container Instances; advanced proficiency in Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Storage

Proven experience scaling development teams through platform engineering

Proven experience managing multi-team technical coordination and dependencies

Advanced experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps), Infrastructure as Code (ARM, Terraform), internal developer platforms, self-service tooling, observability, and platform-as-a-product practices focused on developer experience required

Advanced proficiency in ASP.NET, React, modern web frameworks required

Intermediate experience required with microservices, API design, service contracts, containerization (Docker), orchestration, and SQL/NoSQL database design and optimization

Intermediate knowledge of networking, security, monitoring, governance, compliance, and Azure AI services (Azure OpenAI, Azure Machine Learning) required

Advanced experience designing complex, domain-specific data models particularly for architectural and engineering contexts required

Advanced experience implementing AI/ML solutions using Azure AI platforms required

Advanced background in Team Topologies and platform engineering frameworks required

Proven ability to balance technical excellence with business requirements required

Advanced ability to lead cross-functional teams in agile development environments required

Advanced communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders required

Advanced experience managing platform adoption and change management processes required

Advanced ability to work on multiple platform initiatives simultaneously while maintaining quality required

Advanced attention to detail and commitment to operational excellence required

Advanced ability to handle sensitive infrastructure information with high confidentiality required

Intermediate knowledge of security frameworks, compliance requirements, and governance required

Intermediate experience implementing AI/ML solutions using Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI, or Azure Machine Learning required

Preferred

Intermediate experience integrating architectural and engineering software (AutoCAD, Revit, BIM/CAD APIs)

Intermediate strong understanding of architectural design processes, project phases, and data relationships across design workflows

Company

HKS, Inc.

Glassdoor4.3

HKS is a global firm of architects, designers, planners and advisors who create places noted for their beauty and performance.

Founded in 1939

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, ARE

1001-5000 employees

http://www.hksinc.com/

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