Platform Tech Lead

Xebia is a global, award-winning, AI-first consulting, software engineering, and training company. It operates as a single global team combining expertise and AI power, delivering solutions with a flexible delivery model across the US, Europe, Poland, Latin America, and India. The company provides fast, scalable, client-focused digital and AI talent services through a sophisticated hybrid model.

• Experience as Technical Product Owner, Tech Lead, Platform Engineer, or similar, building/evolving developer platforms (e.g., Railway, Vercel, Netlify)
• Understanding of cloud-native technologies (AWS, Kubernetes, containers, deployment pipelines) and platform architecture (multi-tenancy, control plane vs. data plane, developer workflows)
• Experience building products from 0→1 or in early-stage scaling environments
• Ability to translate complex infrastructure into intuitive developer experiences and collaborate with engineering teams
• Hands-on software engineering experience with TypeScript, NestJS, or similar
• Understanding of API design, developer experience, identity and access management, security, and FinOps

Nice to have:

• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Helm, Docker, Kubernetes; familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry; experience with CI/CD, internal developer platforms, Git-based workflows
• Knowledge of billing, metering, usage-based pricing; familiarity with edge computing, CDNs, high-performance networking; experience building developer tools, APIs, platform products
• Experience applying GenAI in SDLC including workflows, prompt patterns, tool integrations, and interest in emerging AI-driven practices

• Shape the technical direction and architecture of a developer-focused platform balancing scalability, developer experience, and business goals
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams to define platform capabilities, prioritize initiatives, and make architecture-informed product decisions
• Drive the evolution of a cloud-native platform built on Kubernetes, AWS, and modern infrastructure tooling
• Design intuitive developer workflows that simplify application deployment, operations, and platform adoption
• Contribute to platform architecture, including multi-tenancy, deployment pipelines, identity and access management, and platform security
• Support development of internal platform capabilities such as build and deployment systems, observability, and developer tooling
• Work in a fast-paced environment, rapidly validating ideas, delivering new capabilities, and iterating based on feedback
• Contribute hands-on to the codebase when needed, helping the team solve complex technical challenges