Lead Platform Engineer
Cox Enterprises, Inc.2 days ago
Base Salary
$135k - $225k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and develop federated GraphQL architecture using Apollo, including schema design, subgraph integration, and supergraph evolution.
- Build and scale Apollo router infrastructure for multi-region deployments, routing, and failover.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines and governance workflows to support safe schema evolution and prevent breaking API changes.
- Develop multi-tenant routing and Apollo contracts for internal and external product use cases.
- Contribute to usage telemetry, billing data capture, Snowflake integration, and other platform initiatives.
- Partner with data, platform, and product teams to onboard subgraphs and improve discoverability.
- Lead technical design discussions, establish engineering standards, and mentor junior engineers.
- Participate in rotational on-call duties outside standard business hours when required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 6 years of related experience, or a master’s degree and 4 years of experience, a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience, or 18 years of related experience.
- Experience building distributed systems and APIs at scale.
- Proficiency in TypeScript, Java, or Python; Apollo Server, Strawberry, or similar frameworks are preferred.
- Hands-on experience with cloud-native infrastructure, including AWS, ECS/Kubernetes, DNS routing, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong understanding of API design principles and governance.
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship; OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT, and visa sponsorship are not accepted.
- Preferred qualifications include GraphQL and Apollo Federation experience, API gateway or routing-layer familiarity, observability and data-pipeline experience, multi-region and high-availability architecture experience, and platform or shared-infrastructure experience.
- Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test is required.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with the ability to work remotely part of the week.
- Flexible paid vacation, seven paid holidays, and up to 160 hours of paid wellness leave annually.
- Additional paid leave may include bereavement, voting, jury duty, volunteer, military, and parental leave.
- Potential benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation, wellness days, and/or PTO.
Tech Stack
About Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Cox Enterprises is a privately held, Atlanta-based company operating businesses in broadband and automotive services. Through Cox Communications, it provides internet, voice, and video to residential and business customers; through Cox Automotive, it runs marketplaces and dealer software including Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, and Manheim. Founded in 1898, the family-owned company also invests in sustainable technologies and other growth ventures.