Platform Engineer Lead

“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 r 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’ll set 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  the most senior individual contributor on the platform, you’ll operate 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 Fin Ops, 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/Open Tofu/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…