Lead Platform Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure

About Us

Founded in 1992 in Dover, NH, Planet Fitness is one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the world by number of members and locations. As of March
31, 2026, Planet Fitness had approximately 21.5 million members and 2,909 clubs in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Canada, Panama, Mexico, Australia and Spain. The Company’s mission is to enhance people’s lives by providing a high-quality fitness experience in a welcoming, non-intimidating environment, which we call the Judgement Free Zone®.

At Planet Fitness, our unique mission has always been to enhance people’s lives by providing a high-quality fitness experience in a welcoming, non-intimidating environment. And we’re proud of the amazing Planet Fitness team that supports our clubs and team members. They are comprised of dynamic, dedicated, and talented individuals who represent our values of integrity, transparency, passion, respect, and excellence (while having fun!)

in everything they do.

Joining the PF family means being part of a company that cares about bettering the health and wellbeing of our communities. It means being a part of a supportive, engaging workforce with an inclusive culture that values diversity and creates an environment where everyone can feel they belong. It means encouraging professional growth and development. It means making true, lasting connections with your co-workers with celebrations, team building activities and engaging corporate events!

It means creating a positive impact in our local communities through our Judgement Free Generation® philanthropic initiative. It means being part of a brand that you can be proud of!

For the past 30 years, we’ve helped millions of people in their fitness journey and revolutionized the industry along the way. And we’re just getting started!

The Lead Platform Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure plays a critical role in advancing the design, implementation, and evolution of secure, scalable, and automated infrastructure across Planet Fitness’s cloud environments. As a senior member of the team, this individual will drive platform initiatives, contribute to strategic planning, and ensure alignment with business goals.

Responsibilities include supporting weekly team coordination, leveraging the existing roadmap to guide priorities, and developing KPIs to measure platform performance and impact. This role requires deep technical expertise, cross-functional collaboration, and a proactive mindset to deliver reliable and efficient platform solutions.

This role follows a hybrid schedule and requires regular, in-person work at our Hampton, NH or Boston, MA office. Our hybrid model is M/T/W in office and TH/F are optional work-from-home. Candidates must reside within commuting distance of one of these locations. Fully remote work is not available for this role.

• Collaborate closely with the Director, IT Infrastructure & Cloud to execute the IT vision for Planet Fitness.
• Drive platform engineering projects from planning through execution and delivery.
• Support weekly team meetings to review work progress, remove blockers, and align priorities.
• Build and maintain cloud infrastructure in AWS, with contributions to Azure and other platforms.
• Own and evolve the internal developer platform service catalog.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code.
• Guide Kubernetes (EKS) operations including deployment strategies and scaling.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and developer enablement tooling.
• Define and track KPIs for platform performance, reliability, and developer productivity.
• Use existing platform roadmap and build a forward-looking roadmap aligned with business goals.
• Collaborate with app/dev, data, and Info Sec teams to align platform capabilities with business needs.
• Ensure compliance with security guidelines and vulnerability remediation SLAs.
• Document systems, workflows, and architecture for transparency and knowledge sharing.
• Contribute to Agile practices including sprint planning, retrospectives, and iterative delivery.
• Monitor and troubleshoot systems using tools such as Datadog and Pager Duty.
• Drive team projects…