Lead, Platform Engineer

About the Role

The Lead, Platform Engineer provides senior execution-oriented technical leadership within Guild's Platform Engineering & Developer Experience organization. This role translates platform capability objectives and architectural direction into effective engineering execution across the IT Factory platform ecosystem, combining broad technical competency with hands-on engineering leadership to improve execution effectiveness, implementation consistency, and engineering predictability.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering execution across Platform Engineering & Developer Experience initiatives by translating platform capability objectives into effective engineering implementation.
• Reinforce engineering discipline and enable successful execution across the IT Factory platform ecosystem.
• Translate architectural direction, platform capability objectives, and implementation sequencing into engineering execution while maintaining architectural continuity and reusable engineering practices.
• Provide execution-oriented technical leadership across software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, quality engineering, security, IAM, and related disciplines.
• Identify execution constraints, remove technical blockers, and improve implementation effectiveness.
• Offer hands-on technical leadership through engineering design, implementation guidance, troubleshooting, and technical mentoring.
• Partner with Domain Architecture, Platform Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, and Platform Engineering leadership to operationalize architectural direction.
• Provide visibility into execution risks, implementation constraints, and technical dependencies.
• Support the implementation and operationalization of reusable platform capabilities.
• Guide engineers through complex implementation scenarios, reinforcing distributed engineering ownership and technical accountability.
• Mentor and develop engineers through technical leadership and best practices.
• Contribute to the evolution of reusable platform capabilities, engineering workflows, and automation.
• Support operational readiness and production validation for platform capabilities.
• Serve as the Technical Delivery Lead (TDL) for Platform Engineering initiatives when designated.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree directly related to the position or equivalent, preferred.
• Minimum 10 years' experience in software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, SRE, or related disciplines.
• Minimum 3 years supervisory or leadership experience in technical lead roles.

Required Skills

• Broad technical competency across software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, CI/CD, cloud platforms, observability, and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience providing execution-oriented technical leadership across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Ability to translate architectural direction into coordinated engineering execution.
• Proven experience leading complex engineering implementation efforts through technical leadership and execution discipline.
• Strong systems-thinking capability to identify technical constraints and execution tradeoffs.
• Ability to improve execution effectiveness and engineering predictability.
• Hands-on technical leadership through engineering design, implementation guidance, and mentoring.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across diverse technical organizations.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in regulated or highly governed enterprise environments.
• Experience with internal developer platforms, Golden Paths, or platform-as-a-product models.
• Experience as a Technical Delivery Lead for complex engineering initiatives.
• Familiarity with Azure, .NET, infrastructure automation, observability platforms, and CI/CD ecosystems.
• Experience coordinating implementation dependencies across DevOps, SRE, quality engineering, Security, and IAM.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, capable of working in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and collaborative cloud-based programs.

Pay

This role is an exempt position with a targeted salary range of $144,001 to $210,601 annually. Compensation is influenced by factors including local and federal minimum wage requirements, education, experience, and geographical location.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, and LTD.
• 401(k) with employer match.

Guild Mortgage Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. REQ#: LEADP018388