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Lead Engineer, Cloud Platform

Job in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, 95053, USA
Listing for: GlobalFoundries
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-11
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Backend Developer, Full Stack Developer, DevOps, Cloud Engineer - Software
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 167000 - 275000 USD Yearly USD 167000.00 275000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
About Global Foundries:

Global Foundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, Global Foundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit

Summary of Role:

We are seeking a Lead Full Stack Software Engineer to own and evolve our next-generation customer and partner engagement platform. In this hands-on individual-contributor role, you will write code, make architecture decisions, and directly guide a small internal team along with an external contractor team delivering integration work.

Essential Responsibilities:
  • Own the technical architecture and roadmap for a customer- and partner-facing web platform, spanning frontend interfaces, backend APIs, authentication systems, and cloud infrastructure
  • Serve as final technical reviewer and approver for the platform's codebases, including environment promotion and release management
  • Directly manage a small team of full-time engineers, including code review, technical mentorship, and workload prioritization
  • Direct and review deliverables from an external contractor team building third-party system integrations, ensuring quality and architectural consistency
  • Diagnose and resolve production incidents across cloud infrastructure and identity/authentication systems, including root-cause analysis of infrastructure and integration failures
  • Design and implement data migration and integration scripts between enterprise systems, with production-grade reliability, resumability, and audit logging
  • Use tools and real user feedback to analyze and optimize the platform, including through performance monitoring and user experience improvements
  • Interact with internal stakeholders and external partners to gather requirements, scope integrations, and drive architectural decisions based on user needs
  • Help maintain documentation and reference implementations that customers and internal teams rely on
Other Responsibilities:
  • Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.
Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
  • 5+ years of full-stack software engineering experience, including production ownership of a customer-facing web application
  • Proven experience leading or mentoring engineers, including distributed or contractor teams
  • Strong programming experience in a modern frontend framework (React, Vue.js, Angular, or similar) and a backend language/framework (Python, Node.js, or similar)
  • Experience with REST APIs, authentication systems, state management, and responsive design
  • Experience with databases, caching, microservices, and application security
  • Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation on cloud platforms
  • Experience debugging complex, distributed web applications in production
  • Fluency in English — written & verbal
Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field OR equivalent years in Software Engineering with progressive leadership scope.

  • Experience managing or coordinating offshore/contractor engineering teams
  • Experience with large-scale data migration projects between enterprise systems
  • Experience with ticketing or service-management platform integrations via API
  • Experience with enterprise identity/auth protocols (OAuth/OIDC, SAML, or similar)
  • Experience in semiconductor, hardware, or other regulated enterprise environments
Expected Salary Range

$ - $

The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at  and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

An offer with Global Foundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations.

Global Foundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural…

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