Senior Engineer, Platform Services

Location: St. Louis

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It's who we are as a company. It's our culture. It's our heritage. And more than ever, it's our future. A future where we're always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life's moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential.

The power we create together - when we combine your strengths with ours - is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

SALARY:$106,400-$126,350, bonus and long-term incentive eligible

COMPANY:
We are home to the nation's most iconic beer and beyond beer brands, including Michelob ULTRA - America's #1 top-selling beer - as well as Busch Light, Budweiser, Bud Light, Stella Artois, Cutwater Spirits, and industry-leading craft brands. From our longstanding efforts to support American farmers, military, veterans, and first responders, to emergency drinking water donations and responsible drinking programs, we are guided by our commitment to the communities we call home and the 65,000 hardworking Americans who bring our beer to life.

We are powered by a team that shares our passion to create a future with more cheers. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

ROLE

SUMMARY:


The Sr. Engineer, Platform Services is a senior-level individual contributor responsible for building, automating, and evolving the shared engineering platforms that enable secure, scalable, and reliable application delivery across Anheuser-Busch. This role partners closely with Software Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Security, Enterprise Architecture, Operations, and Product teams to develop reusable platform capabilities that improve developer experience, operational excellence, and enterprise platform maturity.

This engineer will help design and support Azure-first cloud platforms, containerized runtimes, infrastructure-as-code solutions, CI/CD automation, and developer self-service tooling. The role focuses heavily on platform reliability, automation-first engineering, observability, governance, and reusable infrastructure standards that allow application teams to deliver software efficiently and securely at scale.

The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes/container platforms, Terraform, Git Hub ecosystem practices, automation tooling, and platform engineering principles. They will influence technical direction, contribute to enterprise platform standards, mentor engineering teams on best practices, and help drive scalable solutions that strengthen reliability, resiliency, security, and operational sustainability across shared services environments.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Platform Architecture & Engineering

• Design, build, and support shared platform services for enterprise application teams.
• Develop reusable platform patterns across Azure services, Kubernetes/container platforms, networking, identity, secrets management, and governance.
• Contribute to platform standards, reference architectures, and engineering best practices.
• Enable development teams through secure, scalable, and cost-effective platform solutions.

Service Reliability & Operations

• Own the reliability, operability, and documentation of platform services.
• Improve observability through monitoring, dashboards, alerts, telemetry, and operational runbooks.
• Participate in incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and platform reliability improvements.
• Reduce recurring operational work through automation, self-service tooling, and standardized solutions.

Automation & Developer Enablement

• Build automation-first solutions that improve delivery speed, consistency, and operational efficiency.
• Develop and maintain:
• Terraform infrastructure modules and provisioning patterns
• Git Hub Actions workflows and deployment templates
• Repository standards, onboarding tooling, and developer self-service capabilities
• Leverage approved AI-assisted engineering tools, including Git Hub Copilot and OpenAI Codex, to improve engineering quality, automation, and documentation.

Scalability, Performance & Governance

• Identify and address reliability, scalability, performance, and operational risks across shared services.
• Improve platform resilience through automation, standardization, and service health visibility.
• Support cloud cost optimization through efficient architecture, lifecycle management, tagging, and right-sizing practices.

Technical Leadership

• Lead technical design discussions and mentor engineers on platform engineering best practices.
• Influence platform architecture, CI/CD standards, source control practices, automation, and engineering quality across teams.
• Partner cross-functionally with Software Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, Enterprise Architecture, and Operations teams.
• Drive platform maturity through reusable standards, documentation, templates, and implementation guidance.

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