Senior Platform Engineer

I can be myself at work.

We want you to feel comfortable doing great work and bringing your best, authentic self to everything you do. We value your talents, traditions, and uniqueness—and we’re committed to fostering a strong sense of belonging in a respectful workplace. We intentionally seek diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds, investing in a culture designed to celebrate differences. We believe that belonging leads to better outcomes and a stronger community of associates united by our mission.

I can influence my income.

Your performance will be reviewed annually, and your compensation will be designed to motivate and reward the value that you provide. You’ll receive a competitive salary, bonuses and benefits. Your company-funded retirement contribution will factor in salary and variable pay, including bonuses.

I can lead a full life.

• Bonus matching for charitable contributions
• Access to on-demand professional development resources
• Generous time-away and health benefits
• Flexible work options
• Annual grants for the organizations you love

I can succeed as a Senior Platform Engineer at Capital Group.

• Architect & Innovate — Design, develop, and optimize sophisticated cloud infrastructure automation on AWS, pushing the boundaries of what Infrastructure as Code can achieve across the enterprise.
• Infuse AI into Infrastructure — Leverage AI and machine learning capabilities to build intelligent automation — from predictive scaling and anomaly detection to AI-powered troubleshooting, self-healing systems, and intelligent resource optimization that make the platform smarter with every deployment.
• Empower Teams — Build self-service capabilities that enable internal engineering teams to move faster, deploy with confidence, and leverage Capital Group's cloud platform without friction — including AI-assisted developer tools and copilot-driven workflows.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally — Partner with software engineers, platform engineers, product managers, and product owners to deliver high-quality features across the full Internal Developer Platform product lifecycle.
• Secure the Enterprise — Work hand-in-hand with security, risk, and compliance teams to embed protection into every layer of the platform — making security a feature, not a bottleneck.
• Drive Engineering Excellence — Champion best practices, optimize performance, and establish scalable automation patterns — including AI-augmented operational practices — that elevate the entire organization's engineering maturity.
• Developer Experience - Obsessively refactor IaC modules to ensure they are so intuitive, self-documenting, and foolproof that developers can provision complex infrastructure in seconds, not hours. Own the IaC developer experience end-to-end: build agentic workflows and tooling, author custom Terraform providers in Go, and expose Terraform Enterprise capabilities through thoughtfully designed interfaces that make every internal customer's interaction feel effortless

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Infrastructure Automation and/or Platform Engineering with public and private cloud
• 4+ years of expert-level Terraform/OpenTofu experience in large-scale production environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Advanced scripting skills in PowerShell, Python, and Bash
• Strong experience creating modules from scratch, managing complex state files, and HCL
• Proven hands-on experience with Terraform Enterprise and related infrastructure-as-code technologies
• Experience in creating custom Terraform providers with GoLang
• Experience in integrating automation with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Harness, GitOps)
• Hands on experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools, automation agents, or platform-level AI capabilities to improve engineering productivity, reliability, and scale, while complying with approved enterprise AI platforms, security controls, and audit requirements
• Strong understanding of version control, secure coding practices, and peer-reviewed development workflows
• Background in Linux, networking, and Kubernetes
• Understanding of TLS certificate chains, the TLS security framework and IAM platforms (e.g. Okta, Active Directory)
• Experienced in Agile/SCRUM methodologies with a focus on product delivery
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Preferred

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field
• Certifications such as Terraform Associate, AWS Certifications
• Experience with pipeline governance and API development
• Familiarity with monitoring, alerting, and observability tools (e.g., Datadog, Splunk)
• Exposure to container platforms such as Kubernetes and AWS EKS

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I Can Learn More About Capital Group.

• At Capital Group, the success of the people who invest with us depends on the people in whom we invest. That’s why we offer a culture, compensation and opportunities that empower our associates to build successful and prosperous careers.
• Through nine decades, our goal has been to improve people’s lives through successful investing. We know that our history is a testament to the strength of the people we hire.
• Find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Glassdoor.

Charlotte Base Salary Range:

$136,749-$218,798

Southern California Base Salary Range:

$159,354-$254,966

Additional Benefits:

• Highest-performing associates may be eligible for an individual annual performance bonus, plus Capital’s annual profitability bonus plus a retirement plan where Capital contributes 15% of your eligible earnings.
• Learn more about our compensation and benefits here.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment. As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.