Lead Platform Engineer
ThoughtWorks2 days ago
Singapore (city not specified)Staff+
Responsibilities
- Develop technical roadmaps and impactful infrastructure and platform solutions based on client needs.
- Drive adoption of infrastructure-as-code, platform-as-a-product, DevOps, automation, and effective software delivery practices.
- Build controls and processes for continuous delivery and the ongoing evolution of infrastructure and applications.
- Lead monitoring and ensure technical expectations for project deliverables are met.
- Provide internal and client-facing expertise in DevOps, cloud, platform, and infrastructure engineering.
- Design and implement innovative solutions in partnership with client leadership and technical stakeholders.
- Support pre-sales, lead generation, proposal creation, engagement shaping, and client education.
- Create points of view, reusable practices, and other content for the Enterprise Modernisation, Platform and Cloud service line.
Requirements
- Lead collaborative design of enterprise or web-scale hosting platforms and administer application servers, web servers, and databases.
- Deep understanding of cloud and virtualization platforms, container orchestration, infrastructure automation, and application hosting technologies.
- Experience setting up complex infrastructure-as-code projects with frequent automated releases and zero-downtime deployments.
- Experience working with software delivery teams and applying DevOps philosophies, Agile methods, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
- Ability to script in at least one scripting language and build or administer Linux servers, Windows servers, or container clusters.
- Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery tools across web or mobile technology stacks.
- Experience with monitoring for availability, performance, or security and with observability patterns such as distributed tracing, log aggregation, audit logging, exception tracking, health checks, application metrics, self-healing, and multi-cloud systems.
- Understanding of infrastructure vulnerabilities, secrets management, network security, and software supply-chain security.
- Experience with unit testing, automated testing tools, stress testing, or performance testing is a bonus.
- Strong communication, consulting, technical leadership, adaptability, and ability to work with executive and nontechnical stakeholders.
Benefits
- Career development supported through interactive tools, development programs, and collaborative teammates.
- Inclusive culture emphasizing autonomy, continuous learning, and professional growth.
- Singapore Citizen or Singapore PR status is required due to client project security-clearance requirements.
About ThoughtWorks
Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy that designs and builds custom software, data platforms, and cloud-native systems for enterprises across industries. Its services-based model spans product discovery, agile delivery, platform modernization, and advisory on digital transformation and AI. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Chicago, it listed on Nasdaq in 2021 (TWKS) and remains backed by private-equity firm Apax Partners.