Platform Engineer Lead
Capital Group · Charlotte, United States · 17d ago
“I can be myself at work.”
You are more than a job title. We want you to feel comfortable doing great work and bringing your best, authentic self to everything you do. We value your talents, traditions, and uniqueness—and we’re committed to fostering a strong sense of belonging in a respectful workplace.
We intentionally seek diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds, investing in a culture designed to celebrate differences. We believe that belonging leads to better outcomes and a stronger community of associates united by our mission. At Capital, we live our core values every day: Integrity, Client Focus, Diverse Perspectives, Long-Term Thinking, and Community.
“I can influence my income.”
You want to feel recognized at work. Your performance will be reviewed annually, and your compensation will be designed to motivate and reward the value that you provide. You’ll receive a competitive salary, bonuses and benefits. Your company-funded retirement contribution will factor in salary and variable pay, including bonuses.
“I can lead a full life.”
You bring unique goals and interests to your job and your life. Whether you’re raising a family, you’re passionate about where you volunteer, or you want to explore different career paths, we’ll give you the resources that can set you up for success.
Enjoy generous time-away and health benefits from day one, with the opportunity for flexible work options
Receive 2-for-1 matching gifts for your charitable contributions and the opportunity to secure annual grants for the organizations you love
Access on-demand professional development resources that allow you to hone existing skills and learn new ones
“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’llset 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’lloperate 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.
“I can learn more about Capital Group.”
At Capital Group, the success of the people who invest with us depends on the people in whom we invest. That’s why we offer a culture, compensation and opportunities that empower our associates to build successful and prosperous careers. Through nine decades, our goal has been to improve people’s lives through successful investing. We know that our history is a testament to the strength of the people we hire. More than 9,000 associates in 30+ offices around the world help our clients and each other grow and thrive every day. Find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Glassdoor.
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.
We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment. As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.