Lead Software Platform Engineer-Foundational Platform & Interoperability

Language Fluency: English (Required)

Work Shift: 1st shift (United States of America)

Job Grade: 112

The Lead Software Platform Engineer for Foundational Platform & Interoperability plays a critical role in designing and delivering the enterprise abstractions, automation frameworks, and declarative interoperability capabilities that power Truist’s next generation software delivery ecosystem. This role focuses on building reusable platform services, not one‑off tooling—establishing the manifest‑driven, policy‑as‑code, orchestration, and lifecycle automation foundations that enable teams to integrate, deliver, and operate software with consistency, resilience, and auditability.

The ideal candidate is a hands‑on engineer who applies a software engineering mindset to platform problems, builds scalable internal products, and thrives in creating the connective tissue that makes large, federated engineering organizations feel unified. They will help establish and evolve core interoperability patterns—such as automated change controls, standardized integration contracts, golden-path onboarding, asset lifecycle intelligence, CI/CD abstraction layers, and cross‑platform agentic automation—ensuring teams can build and ship with velocity while meeting regulatory expectations.

This role is central to Truist’s modernization strategy: turning platform capabilities into consumable products, reducing cognitive load for engineers, and enabling a fully integrated ecosystem where services, systems, and teams interoperate through clear contracts, automated governance, and platform‑led consistency.

This position will not sponsor an applicant for work visa status or employment authorization, nor will we offer any immigration‑related support for this position (including, but not limited to H‑1B, F‑1 OPT, F‑1 STEM OPT, F‑1 CPT, J‑1, TN‑1 or TN‑2, E‑3, O‑1).

This position is office‑centric 5 days a week in one of our Truist hub locations.

• Performs problem tracking, diagnosis and root‑cause analysis, replication, troubleshooting, and resolution for highly complex issues.
• In this capacity, oversees others who perform programming and debugging activities.
• Responds to issues in a timely manner by receiving and investigating incidents or service tickets.
• Provides technical consultation on extremely challenging or unusual situations.
• May lead large, complex projects related to improving processes or support capabilities.
• May engage and manage external vendors.
• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices.
• Uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions.
• Mentors less experienced teammates to build technical expertise.
• May have people management responsibilities.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and eight years of experience in development or production support or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Deep specialized and/or broad functional knowledge.
• Sound understanding of business and organizational strategies and processes.
• Ability to interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices.
• Ability to lead complex projects.
• Sophisticated analytical skills and the ability to solve complex technical and business problems.
• Ability to influence others at senior levels to adopt a new perspective.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field, with 10+ years of experience building cloud native platforms, automation frameworks, or distributed systems at enterprise scale.
• Strong hands‑on programming experience in:
  • Java (core platform services, integration frameworks)
  • Python (automation, orchestration, agentic workflows)
  • Node.js/Type Script (API gateways, developer‑facing services, UI integration)
• Expertise in modern API design & interoperability standards
  , including:
  • Designing and documenting RESTful and gRPC APIs using OpenAPI/Swagger and protobuf
  • Consistent versioning, backward compatibility, and contract governance
  • Authentication/authorization patterns (
    OAuth
    2.1/OIDC, JWT
    ), policy enforcement (
    RBAC/ABAC
    ), rate…